Ancient China · Ruler

Jie of Xia 桀

Jie

Attested BC 1600

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jie of Xia was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 夏桀約BC1600
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 23

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 33Volume 33: Book of Shu 3: Biography of the Later Lord · 1 passage

是以湯、武脩德而王，桀、紂極暴而亡。 Tang of Shang and King Wu won the throne by moral cultivation; Jie and Zhou lost it through brutality pushed to the limit.