Fa (Chinese: 發, Fā) was the 16th ruler of the Xia dynasty, father of the infamous Jie who brought the dynasty to its end.[1][2]
| Fa 發 | |||||
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| King of the Xia dynasty | |||||
| Reign | 1747–1728 BC | ||||
| Predecessor | Gao | ||||
| Successor | Jie | ||||
| Issue | Jie | ||||
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| Father | Gao of Xia | ||||
| Fa of Xia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 發 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His given name was Houjing (后敬).
Reign
editFa was a son of the King Gao of Xia and thus a grandson of Kong Jia.[3]
During his inaugural celebration, all of his vassals gathered at his palace.
The first earthquake ever recorded took place in the 7th year of his rule at Mount Tai[4] in modern Shandong during his reign. The event has been dated to 1740 BC as the Mount Tai earthquake.[5]
The earthquake was mentioned briefly in the Bamboo Annals.[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bamboo Annals, a chronicle of ancient China
- ^ Milton Walter Meyer (1994). China: A Concise History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8226-3033-3.
- ^ Xia dynasty
- ^ Reflections on History: Natural disasters and the Decline and fall of the Xia Dynasty
- ^ 吳階平, 喻滄, 季羨林. [2002] (2002) 世紀中國學術大典: 測繪學, 大氣科學, 固體地球物理學, 應用地球物理學, 海洋科學. 福建教育出版社. ISBN 7-5334-3446-3, ISBN 978-7-5334-3446-5. p. 41.
- ^ Bamboo Annals, listed under Xia chapters on King Fa's 7th year.
- ^ "When Emperor Fa died during his seventh year of reign, Mount Tai shattered."