华松话说济南史(之三) 大禹治水与夏族东迁

Yu the Great Taming Flood and Eastern Migration of the Xia Nationality

早期中原王朝是由部落酋邦联盟发展而来的，王朝与各邦国之间似乎并没有形成后世那样严密的君臣隶属关系。邦国君位的传承固然是在某一特定家族中进行，但是作为万邦共主的帝王大概只能由民主推选的方式产生。由于加入王朝的诸侯万邦从族系上大致可以分为华夏和东夷两大集团，王位的继承也就固定在这两大集团之间交互转移了——作为华夏一系的唐尧禅位于东夷一系的虞舜，

In ancient China, the throne succession of the earliest kingdoms was always in a particular clan. The leaders of the clans were mainly distributed in two main tribes--Huaxia and Dongyi. Tang Yao, a legendary ancient Chinese ruler who belonged to Huaxia tribe passed on his throne to Great Shun who belonged to Dongyi tribe. Then Great Shun passed his throne to Yu the Great of the Huaxia tribe. Yu the Great selected Bo Yi （Dongyi tribe）, who was the administrative assistant in the late Yu period as his heir. However, Qi, son of Yu, killed Bo Yi after Yu died and then usurped the throne. From then on, the throne began to be passed down to the family members.