Overview
Shaokang was a ruler.
Life and dates
Birth
- At Youren 有仍 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wu Zixu (伍子胥)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 231
Attested activity
- legendary antiquityDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 231, 236
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Houmin (后緡)gave birth to 生 · maternal lineDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 231
- Child of Emperor Xiang (帝相)his consort gave birth to Shaokang 妃……生少康 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 231
- Descendant of Yu (禹)restored Yu’s achievements 復禹之績 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 236
- Kinship Role wives · Count 2 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wu Zixu (伍子胥)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 234
Career and standing
- herd-master 牧正Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 232
- EnfeoffedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 234
Places and affiliations
- Polity Xia 夏 · Relation Ruled · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wu Zixu (伍子胥)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 235-236
- At Youyu 有虞 · Relation Fled to · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wu Zixu (伍子胥)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 233
Events and relationships
- Destroyed Youguo and restored XiaDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 236
- Sacrificed Xia matched to HeavenDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 236
Source notes
- Historicity legendaryDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 231
References in the histories
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