Fa of Xia

Fa (Chinese: 發, Fā) was the 16th ruler of the Xia Dynasty, father of the infamous Jie who brought the dynasty to its end.[1][2]

Fa
發
King of the Xia dynasty
Reign1747 – 1728 BC
PredecessorGao
SuccessorJie
IssueJie
Full name
Chinese: Hou Jin (后敬)
FatherGao of Xia
Fa's son Jie with the two ladies

His given name was Houjing (后敬).

Reign

Fa was a son of the King Gao of Xia and thus a grandson of Kong Jia.[3]

During his inaugural celebration, all of his vassals gathered at his palace.

The first earthquake ever recorded took place at Mount Tai[4] in modern Shandong during his reign. The event has been dated to 1731 BC as the Mount Tai earthquake.[5]

The earthquake was mentioned briefly in the Bamboo Annals.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Bamboo Annals, a chronicle of ancient China
  2. Milton Walter Meyer (1994). China: A Concise History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8226-3033-3.
  3. Xia Dynasty
  4. Reflections on History: Natural disasters and the Decline and fall of the Xia Dynasty
  5. 吳階平, 喻滄, 季羨林. [2002] (2002) 世紀中國學術大典: 測繪學, 大氣科學, 固體地球物理學, 應用地球物理學, 海洋科學. 福建教育出版社. ISBN 7-5334-3446-3, ISBN 978-7-5334-3446-5. p. 41.
  6. Bamboo Annals, listed under Xia chapters on King Fa's 7th year.
  7. "When Emperor Fa died during his seventh year of reign, Mount Tai shattered."
Fa of Xia
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Gao		 King of China
1747 BC – 1728 BC		 Succeeded by
Jie
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