Ancient China · Ruler

Jie 桀

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jie was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 109

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 1 passage

稷召尚書右僕射王亮等列坐殿前西鐘下，謂曰：「昔桀有昏德，鼎遷于殷； Ji summoned Right Vice Director Wang Liang and others to sit before the western bell in the hall and said, "Of old Jie had dark virtue, and the tripod moved to Yin;