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Zhengguo Canal

246 BCE · 3rd century BCE · Also known as Zheng Guo Canal, Zhengguo Qu

The Zhengguo Canal was an irrigation canal in the State of Qin, begun in 246 BCE and named after its designer, Zheng Guo, an engineer from the State of Han. According to the Shiji, Han sent him to exhaust Qin's resources with a huge project, but the canal, linking the Jing and Luo rivers, irrigated the plain north of the Wei and greatly increased Qin's harvests.

Zhengguo Canal
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Zhengguo Canal. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zhengguo-canal
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