Ancient China · Ruler

Jie 桀

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jie was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 64

Events and relationships

Practiced cruelty
Political · Ruler · Outcome the people turned coarse and died young 民鄙夭 · With Zhou Xin (紂)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 64

Assessments and attributes

Assessment practiced cruelty · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 64

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 65, passage 64

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 65Volume 56: Dong Zhongshu · 1 passage

故堯、舜行德則民仁壽，桀、紂行暴則民鄙夭。 Under Yao and Shun’s virtue the people grew humane and long-lived; under Jie and Zhou Xin’s cruelty they turned coarse and died young.