Ancient China · Ruler

Taikang 太康

Dates uncertain

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Taikang as a ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Taikang 太康 Taikang
Title Emperor Taikang 帝太康 Di Taikang

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Qi (啟)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Zhongkang (中康)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: lost-the-state
    Explicit · shiji:002:s0229

Source notes

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 3 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 2 passages