Sunshu Ao was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and statesman of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, serving as prime minister under King Zhuang of Chu in the early seventh century BC. He is credited as the first known hydraulic engineer in Chinese history for overseeing construction of a large dam and reservoir in what is now northern Anhui province, later known as the Anfeng Tang reservoir, which flooded a flat valley to create a reservoir with a circumference of about 62 miles and irrigated an area reported at roughly six million acres. As with other monumental works of the period, the labor force that actually built the dam was large and is not individually recorded, while Sunshu Ao himself, as the directing official, is.
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Is the reservoir Sunshu Ao built still known by its ancient name?
It was renamed Anfeng Pond by the Eastern Jin dynasty.
No. A Huainan municipal government article on the reservoir says that by the Eastern Jin dynasty, when Anfeng County was established in the region, the reservoir was renamed Anfeng Pond, the name by which it is known today.
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Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖, c. 630 – c. 593 BCE) was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and politician.
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was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and politician.
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Sunshu Ao (c. 630, c. 593 BCE) was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and politician.
lead sentence dates, Wikipedia article "Sunshu Ao" (death year, circa BCE)
Sunshu Ao (c. 630, c. 593 BCE) was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and politician.
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Sunshu Ao was entrusted with many endeavors of the state, and because of a large dam, reservoir, and irrigation project he had established, he is also credited as the first known hydraulic engineer of China.
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Sunshu Ao was entrusted with many endeavors of the state, and because of a large dam, reservoir, and irrigation project he had established, he is also credited as the first known hydraulic engineer of China.
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