Zhong Kang

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Zhong Kang
Parents	Qi of Xia
Relatives	Tai Kang (brother) Yu the Great (grandfather) Xiang of Xia (son)

Zhong Kang (Chinese: 仲康) was the fourth king of the possibly legendary Xia Dynasty.

Family

Zhong Kang was a son of King Qi of Xia and thus the younger brother of Tai Kang.^[1]

Reign

He took the throne in the year of Jichou (己丑). His capital was at Zhenxun.

On the day of Gengwu, September in the 5th year of his regime, there was a sun eclipse.^[2]

He ordered one of his generals, Zeng, to lead troops to conquer Xihe, for the king of Xihe indulged in wine and beauty and his citizens lived bad lives.

In the 6th year of his regime, he appointed Kunwu (昆吾) as his prime minister.

His son, named Xiang, left him and lived in Shangqiu with another minister named Pi.

Sources

↑ The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China by Sarah Allan
↑ The Chronology of Genesis: A Complete History of the Nefilim by Neil Zimmerer

Regnal titles
Zhong Kang Xia Dynasty
Preceded by Tai Kang	King of China 2088 BC – 2075 BC	Succeeded by Xiang

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

Persondata
Name	Zhong, Kang
Alternative names
Short description	King of China
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