LINK: China finds proof of mythical ‘great flood’

August 6, 2016:   

The
flood would have predated by several centuries the first written
records kept on oracle bones. Historical texts from about 1000 B.C.
first mentioned a legendary Xia ruler, Yu, who had devised a system of
dredges to control a great flood that spanned generations. He was said
to have been based around Jishi Gorge, according to various texts, and
his ability to combat natural disasters and earn a heavenly mandate to
rule established him as a model for generations of subsequent Chinese
rulers.