Numerous large-scale urban ruins have been uncovered at the Taosi archaeological site, which is considered to be part of the Neolithic Longshan culture.
In 2002, Chinese historian Wang Shumin published an academic paper titled "There was a Yu dynasty before Xia, Shang and Zhou" which renewed public interest in the possible existence of a pre-Xia dynastic state in the Yellow River basin.
The lack of concrete evidence and archaeological findings in support of the Yu dynasty means that this pre-Xia regime remains a legend.
[4] As such, the Yu dynasty has yet to gain widespread acceptance as a factual part of Chinese history, both within China and among Western scholars.
From the Records of the Grand Historian by Han official Sima Qian: The Hồ dynasty of Vietnam claimed descent from the Emperor Shun, through Duke Hu of Chen.