School of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographic Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
Science. 2017 Mar 31;355(6332):1382. doi: 10.1126/science.aal1325.
Wu , Han, and Huang question our reconstruction of a large outburst flood and its possible relationship to China's Great Flood and the Xia dynasty. Here, we clarify misconceptions concerning geologic evidence of the flood, its timing and magnitude, and the complex social-cultural response. We also further discuss how this flood may be related to ancient accounts of the Great Flood and origins of the Xia dynasty.
吴晗黄质疑我们对大洪水爆发及其与中国大洪水和夏朝可能关系的重建。在这里,我们澄清了有关洪水地质证据、时间和规模以及复杂的社会文化反应的误解。我们还进一步讨论了这场洪水与古代大洪水和夏朝起源的记载可能存在的关系。