Overview
The translated histories identify Kong Jia as a named individual, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 10 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Kong Jia | 孔甲 | Kong Jia |
| Title | Emperor Kongjia | 帝孔甲 | Di Kongjia |
| Title | Emperor Kongjia | 孔甲 | |
| Personal name | Kong Jia | 孔甲 | Kong Jia |
| Personal | Kongjia | 孔甲 | Kongjia |
| Personal name | Kongjia | 孔甲 | Kongjia |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:002:s0242
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:002:s0250
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:013:s377
Roles
- Named Individual
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died / 崩Explicit · shiji:002:s0250
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Family
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- Child of Bujiang (不降)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal - Parent of Gao (皋)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Title: Emperor KongjiaExplicit · shiji:002:s0242
Places and affiliations
- Label: Xia / 夏 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:002:s0242
Learning and skills
- Belief: occult spirit rites / 方鬼神 · Relation: practicedExplicit · shiji:002:s0243
Events and relationships
- Kind: portent · Role: recipient · Action: received-dragons-unable-to-feedExplicit · shiji:002:s0245
- Kind: omen · Role: subject · Action: two-dragons-departedExplicit · shiji:013:s377
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: debauched; Xia virtue declined · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · shiji:002:s0243, shiji:002:s0244
- Assessment: dissolute and did not cherish virtue · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · shiji:013:s377
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · shiji:002:s0002
- Historicity: legendaryStrongly inferred · shiji:002:s0250
- Value: legendaryExplicit · hanshu:002:s0367
References in the histories
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