Ancient China · Ruler

Shaokang 少康

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shaokang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 185

Places and affiliations

Polity Xia 有夏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 185

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 185

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Book of Later Tang 11: Mingzong Annals 1 · 1 passage

前代因敗為功，殷憂啟聖，少康重興於有夏，平王再復於宗周，其命維新，不失舊物。 Past ages turned defeat into achievement, and deep anxiety opened sage rule: Shaokang revived the Xia, and King Ping restored the Zhou. Their mandate was renewed without losing the old patrimony.