The Xia dynasty (/ ʃ i ɑː /; Chinese: 夏朝, romanized: Xià cháo) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the legendary figure Yu the Great, after Shun, the last of the Five Emperors, gave the throne to him. [1]

2016年1月10日 · The Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 BCE) was the first government to emerge in ancient China and the first to adopt the policy of dynastic succession. Consequently, the Xia was the first dynasty of China...

The Xia dynasty was the earliest dynasty in Chinese history. Once thought to be mere myth, it lasted approximately from 2100 BC until 1600 BC. The Erlitou culture and its palace architecture as well as the historical figure of Yu the Great hold an …

The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (Chinese: 西夏; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles: Hsi 1 Hsia 4), officially the Great Xia (大夏; Dà Xià; Ta 4 Hsia 4), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as Mi-nyak [6] to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led imperial dynasty of China that existed from 1038 to 1227.

2025年2月28日 · Xia dynasty (c. 2070–c. 1600 BCE), early Chinese dynasty mentioned in legends. According to legend, the founder was Yu, who was credited with having engineered the draining of the waters of a great flood (and who was later …

The Xia Dynasty, ca. 2070 B.C.E. – 1600 B.C.E. is the first dynasty to be described independently in both the official Records of the Grand Historian and unofficial Bamboo Annals, which record the names of seventeen kings over fourteen generations lasting 471 …

texts, the Xia Dynasty is a critical turning point. Yu, the founder of the Xia, was given rule by Shun who also received rule non-hereditarily and without violence; but the Xia were overthrown by the Shang and all subsequent dyn asties were founded by overthrow and continued hereditarily.

The Xia Dynasty was the first Chinese dynasty; it is still not known whether this dynasty existed or is only mythological. According to mythology, when the last Xia king became corrupt and cruel, Cheng Tang overthrew him in c. 1760 BCE and founded the Shang Dynasty.

2016年8月9日 · According to traditional Chinese histories, “sometime between 2200 B.C.E. and 2000 B.C.E., … a legendary hero named Yu tamed Yellow River flooding and earned a mandate to become the founding...

Discover who the Xia Dynasty was and why they are celebrated as the first dynasty in Chinese history. We'll uncover the legendary origins of the Xia, backed by archaeological evidence from the...