Thursday, September 4, 2008

Huai

Another name is Fen.



He got his throne in the year of Wuzi.



In the 3rd year of his regime, nine barbarians came to his capital.



In the 16th year of his regime, the minister Luobo fought with minister Fengyi at He.



In the 33rd year of his regime, he assigned the son of Kunwu as minister in Yousu.



In the 36th year of his regime, he created the poem and music of Huantu.



According to the Records of the Grand Historian, he ruled 26 years, but 44 years according to the Bamboo Annals.

Xie

He ascended the throne in the year Xinwei.



In the 12 years of his regime, the Shang vassal Zihai traveled to and lived in Youyi, Zihai was dissolute so the leader of Youyi, Mianchen, killed him.



In the 16th year of his regime, Shang minister Wei led troops from Hebo, invaded Youyi and killed Mianchen.



According to the Bamboo Annals, on the 21st year of his regime, Xie fought with the surrounding barbarians of Fei, Bai, Chi, , Feng, and Yang. He won the war and all of the tribes obeyed his orders.

Bu Jiang

According to Bamboo Annals, on the 6th year of his regime, he fought with Jiuyuan .



In the 35th years of his regime, his vassal state of Shang defeated Pi .



In the 59th year of his regime he passed his throne to his younger brother . 10 years later, Bu Jiang died.



Bu Jiang is widely regarded as one of the wisest kings of Xia.

Jiong

He got his throne in the year of Wuxu.



In the 10th year of his regime, Bu Jiang died.



According to Bamboo Annals, he ruled about 18 years, while the Record of The Grand Historian says 21 years.

Jin

Jin was the 13th ruler of the legendary Xia Dynasty. His other name is Yinjia , He probably ruled for about 21 years. According to Bamboo Annals, he moved the capital to West River . In the fourth year of Jin's reign, he missed his former hometown and made the music of West Sound . In the eighth year of his regime, there was a very serious drought.



One of his vassals, surname Ji , given name Fan , was the leader of Kunwu . Originally he was assigned to the land of Wei , but he moved his capital from Wei to Xu .

Kong Jia

According to the Bamboo Annals, he lived in the Xia capital of West River .



In the third year of his regime, he hunted at the Fu Mountains in Dongyang .



In the fifth year of his regime, he composed the song "Eastern Sound" , which is also called "Song of Broken Axe" .



He was said to have been very superstitious, and all he cared about was alcohol and beautiful women. From his time on, the power of Xia started to decline and the vassal kings of Xia grew more powerful.



During his regime, he fired one of his heads of state, Tunwei .



His vassal, Shang, moved their capital back to Shangqiu from Yin .

Fa

Fa was the ruler of the Xia Dynasty before . He was the second to last ruler of the Xia Dynasty. His given name was Houjin . During his inaugural celebration, all of his vassals gathered at his palace. An earthquake happened near Mount Tai in Shandong during his reign.