Ji Ju

Ju (Chinese: ) was a noble of the Xia.

Born Ji Ju (姬鞠), he is reported as having abandoned the agriculture of his father Buzhu and grandfather Houji in favor of the animal husbandry practiced by the Rong and Di barbarians.[1]

His son was Duke Liu, from whom the Zhou royal family descended.

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