Do consider that this system enabled China to have the only continuous early civilization where all the others have perished.

FORBES: Looking for China's Democratic Path

One, it refers very specifically to the origins of civilization and the early impulse to move megaliths.

WSJ: Levitated Mass | Arrival of a Rock Start | By Arnie Cooper

This early recognition of the link between water management and civilization is the subject of this documentary.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences