Kong Jia

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Kǒng Jiǎ (孔甲) was the 14th ruler of the semi-legendary Xia Dynasty. He possibly ruled 31 years.

According to the Bamboo Annals, he lived in the Xia capital of West River (西河).

In the third year of his regime, he hunted at the Fu Mountains (萯山) in Dongyang (东阳).

In the fifth year of his regime, he composed the song "Eastern Sound" (东音), which is also called "Song of Broken Axe" (破斧之歌).

He was said to have been very superstitious, and all he cared about was alcohol and beautiful women. From his time on, the power of Xia started to decline and the vassal kings (诸侯) of Xia grew more powerful.

During his regime, he stripped power from one of the nobles, Shiwei (豕韦).

His vassal, Shang, moved their capital back to Shangqiu (商丘) from Yin (殷).

Regnal titles
Kong Jia Xia Dynasty
Preceded by Jin	King of China 1789 BC – 1758 BC	Succeeded by Gao

v t e Sovereigns of the Xia Dynasty

Yu the Great Qi Tai Kang Zhong Kang Xiang Shaokang Zhu Huai Máng Xie Bu Jiang Jiong Jin Kong Jia Gao Fa Jie

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors → Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → Three Kingdoms → Jìn (265-420) / Sixteen Kingdoms → Southern Dynasties / Yuan Wei - Northern Qi - Northern Zhou → Sui → Tang → Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - Liao / Song / Western Xia / Jīn (1115-1234) → Yuan → Ming → Qing → ROC / PRC

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