Youyu-shi

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Youyu-shi (Chinese: 有虞氏), also called Youyu clan or the Yu dynasty (Chinese: 虞朝), is a proposed dynasty of China that could have existed prior to the Xia dynasty. The territory controlled by the Yu dynasty is hypothesized to have been located southwest of Pinglu County, in Shanxi Province, China. Its last monarch is believed to be Emperor Shun.