Bu Jiang
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:Infobox royalty Bu Jiang (不降) was the eleventh king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty.[1] He ruled for 59 years.[2][3][4]
Family
Bu Jiang was a son of Xie of Xia[5] and his consort and thus a grandson of Mang of Xia and brother of Jiong of Xia.[6]
His consort is unknown, and it is possible that he had concubines. His son was Kong Jia and his nephew was Jin of Xia.[7]
Biography
According to Bamboo Annals, on the 6th year of his regime, he fought with Jiuyuan(九苑) .[8][9]
In the 35th year of his reign, his vassal state of Shang defeated Pi (皮氏).
In the 59th year of his regime he passed his throne to his younger brother Jiong. 10 years later, Bu Jiang died.
Sources
- ↑ Milton Walter Meyer: China: A Concise History, p. 126.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ China at War: An Encyclopedia by Xiaobing Li
- ↑ A Cultural History of the Chinese Language by Sharron Gu
- ↑ Chronology of China rulers
- ↑ Chinese archaeological abstracts: prehistoric to Western Zhou by Albert E. Dien, Jeffrey K. Riegel, Nancy Thompson Price. Online version.
- ↑ David S. Nivison (1993), "Chu shu chi nien", Early Chinese Texts: a bibliographical guide (editor—Loewe M.) pp. 39–47 (Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China).
- ↑ Kings of the Xia Dynasty
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".