Bu Jiang

Bu Jiang (不降) was a king of ancient China, the 11th ruler of the semi-legendary Xia Dynasty.^[1] He ruled 59 years.^[2][3][4]

Family

Bu Jiang was a son of King Xie of Xia^[5] and his consort and thus a grandson of King Máng and brother of King Jiōng.^[6]

His consort is unknown, and it is possible that he had concubines. His son was King Kǒng Jiǎ and his nephew was Jin of Xia.^[7]

Biography

Bu Jiang is widely regarded as one of the wisest kings of Xia.^[8]

According to Bamboo Annals, on the 6th year of his regime, he fought with Jiuyuan.^[9][10]

In the 35th year of his reign, his vassal state of Shang defeated Pi (皮氏).

In the 59th year of his regime he passed his throne to his younger brother Jiong. 10 years later, Bu Jiang died.

Sources

1. ↑ Milton Walter Meyer: China: A Concise History, page 126.
2. ↑ Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio; Lai, David (1995). "War and Politics in Ancient China, 2700 B.C.E. to 722 B.C.E.". The Journal of Conflict Resolution. 39 (3): 471–472. doi:10.1177/0022002795039003004. 
3. ↑ Lung, Rachel (2011), Interpreters in early imperial China, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 5, ISBN 978-90-272-2444-6 
4. ↑ China at War: An Encyclopedia by Xiaobing Li
5. ↑ A Cultural History of the Chinese Language by Sharron Gu
6. ↑ Chronology of China rulers
7. ↑ Chinese archaeological abstracts: prehistoric to Western Zhou by Albert E. Dien, Jeffrey K. Riegel, Nancy Thompson Price. Online version.
8. ↑ Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành, sách đã dẫn, tr 16
9. ↑ David S. Nivison (1993), "Chu shu chi nien", Early Chinese Texts: a bibliographical guide (editor—Loewe M.) pp. 39–47 (Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China).
10. ↑ Kings of the Xia Dynasty