Jiong () was the twelfth king of the semi-legendary
Xia dynasty
The Xia dynasty (; ) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the legendary figure Yu the Great, after Emperor Shun, Shun, the last of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Fiv ...
.
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Family
Jiōng was a son of
Xie of Xia Xie (Chinese language, Chinese: , ''Xiè'') was the tenth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty. The son of Mang of Xia, Mang, Xie ascended the throne in the "Chinese calendar, Xinwei" () year. He possibly ruled 25 years.Bamboo Annals.
Acco ...
and his spouse and thus a grandson of
Máng and brother of
Bu Jiang
Bu Jiang (不降) was the eleventh king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty
The Xia dynasty (; ) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the legendary figure Yu the Great, after ...
.
His own consort is unknown. His son was
Jǐn and his nephew was
Kong Jia
Kǒng Jiǎ (孔甲) was a king of ancient China, family name Sì (姒), the 14th ruler of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty. He possibly ruled for 31 years.
Family
Kong Jia was a son of King Bù Jiàng and an unknown woman and grandson of King X ...
.
Biography
According to the ''
Bamboo Annals
The ''Bamboo Annals'' ( zh, t=竹書紀年, p=Zhúshū Jìnián), also known as the ''Ji Tomb Annals'' ( zh, t=汲冢紀年, p=Jí Zhǒng Jìnián), is a chronicle of ancient China.
It begins in the earliest legendary time (the age of the Yellow E ...
'',
James Legge
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who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the Lond ...
(1865)
''The Chinese Classics, Volume 3, part 1''.
/ref> Jiōng ruled about 18 years, while according to the ''Records of the Grand Historian
The ''Shiji'', also known as ''Records of the Grand Historian'' or ''The Grand Scribe's Records'', is a Chinese historical text that is the first of the Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written during the late 2nd and early 1st ce ...
'', he ruled about 21 years.
He acceded to the throne
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in the Wuxu (戊戌) year.
In the 10th year of Jiōng's reign, Bu Jiang died.
Sources
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Kings of the Xia dynasty