禹是治水安民的历史英雄人物。
Yu is the hero of controlling flood.
尧、舜时期，洪水泛滥为害。尧命夏族首领鲧治洪水。
It is said that in the reign of Yao and Shun, the overrunning flood was mischievous, so Yao assigned Gun to regulate it.
鲧用筑堤防的方法治水无功，为舜杀死。
Gun failed with embankment and was killed by Shun.
舜又命鲧之子禹治水，禹“居外十三年，过家门不敢人”，用疏导法治水,导小水入于川，导川水致于海。
Then, Shun recruited Yu，Gun，s son，to continue the work. Spending a backbreaking thirteen years and bypassing his house three times but never going in, Yu dredged new river channels as outlets, guiding water to river and river to sea.
不仅消除了洪水，还为农业生产发展创造了良好条件。
This not only eliminated the flood, but contributed to the development of agriculture.
禹因有大功于人民，被尊称为“大禹”，并因此被舜选为接班人。
Yu was revered as Yu the Great for his achievement and selected to succeed to the throne by Shun.