Tai Kang
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Tai Kang | |
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King of the Xia dynasty | |
Predecessor | Qi of Xia |
Successor | Zhong Kang |
Dynasty | Xia dynasty |
Father | Qi of Xia |
Tai Kang (Chinese:
Biography
[edit]Tai Kang loved to hunt and did not rule well.
According to the Bamboo Annals,[2] Tai Kang took the throne in the year of Guiwei. His capital was in Zhenxun (斟鄩). In his first year, while he went hunting beyond the Luo River, Houyi came and occupied Zhenxin. Tai Kang died 4 years later, or according to the book Lushi, 10 years later.
According to Records of the Grand Historian, he ruled about 19 years and lost his regime. "Taiping Yulan"[3] claims he was a tyrant who ruled for 29 years, then lost his regime and vanished.
He was succeeded by his brother Zhong Kang and nephew Xiang of Xia.
In some sources, Tai Kang was drowned in a lake.[4]
See also
[edit]In literature
[edit]The Book of Documents features Songs of the Five Sons (
Commemoration
[edit]Taikang County in Henan was named after him, and his mausoleum is also inside his county.
Sources
[edit]- ^ Bamboo Annals
- ^ 《
竹 書 紀年 》,article帝 太 康 - ^ 《
太平 御覽 》, volume皇 王 部 七 , article帝 太 康 - ^ The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China by Sarah Allan
- ^ Book of Documents
- ^ Chapter 125, "Your highness,you should know. Would you just rely on the care of your ancestors following the footsteps of tai kang who went on a picnic at the luo river because he believed his ancestors will take care of him?" (님금하, 아ᄅᆞ쇼셔. 낙수(
洛 水 )예 산행(山行 ) 가 이셔 하나빌 미드니ᅌᅵᆺ가.)