Zhu (杼) was the seventh ruler of the semi-legendary Xia Dynasty who took the throne in the year of Yiji (己巳) and lived in Yuan (原).
In the fifth year of his regime he moved his capital from Yuan to Laoqiu (老丘); in the eighth year he hunted in the East Sea and invaded Sanshou (三寿); in the thirteenth year his Shang vassal Ming (冥) died at He (河).
He died in the seventeenth year of his reign.
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Zhu of Xia
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| Preceded by Shaokang |
King of China 1985 BC – 1968 BC |
Succeeded by Huai |
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