The Xia Dynasty 夏 Rulers Residences: Yangcheng 陽城 or Ji 冀 (modern Dengfeng 登封/Henan), Zhenxin 斟鄩 (Gongxian 鞏縣/Henan), Anyi 安邑 or Xiayi 夏邑 (Xiaxian 夏縣/Shanxi), Pingyang 平陽 (Linfen 臨汾/Shanxi), Jinyang 晉陽 (Taiyuan 太原/Shanxi), Shangqiu 商丘 or Diqiu 帝丘 (Puyang 濮陽/Henan), Yuan 原 (Jiyuan 濟源/Henan), Laoqiu 老丘 (Kaifeng 開封/Henan), Xihe 西河 (Tangyin 湯陰/Henan) First ancestor is the Yellow Emperor son: Chang Yi (Changyi) 昌意 son: Emperor Zhuan Xu (Zhuanxu) 顓頊 son: Gun 鯀 son: Wen Ming (Wenming) 文命, called Da Yu (Dayu) 大禹 "Yu the Great" name residence (reign time) Yu the Great (Da Yu, Dayu) 大禹; clan Xiahou 夏后氏, surname Si 姒 The ministers of Yu the Great are Ji 稷, Xie 契 and Gao Yao (Gaoyao; not Gao Tao [Gaotao]!) 皋陶. The sources even give historic data to these emperors: Yu the Great is said to have ruled from 2205 to 2197 BC, other sources say, from 1989 to 1978 BC. The personal name of Yu the Great was Zi 子, his temple name was Zi Second (Zi Yi 子乙). Combining these two characters, the surname Kong 孔 (e.g. Confucius) was created. Ji (45 years) Qi 帝啟 Xiayi (16 years) Tai Kang (Taikang) 太康 or Tai Geng (Taigeng) 太庚 (kang 康 as geng 庚) Zhenxun (4 years) Zhong Kang (Zhongkang) 中康 (or 仲康, kang 康 as geng 庚) Zhenxun (7 years) Xiang 帝相 The sideline of Zhenguan 斟灌 (later called Diqiu 帝丘) was destroyed (killed in his 28th year of reign) Shang, later Zhenxun Xiao Kang (Xiaokang) 小康 (kang 康 as geng 庚) Yuan (21 years) Zhu 帝杼 (Yu 予, Shu 紓, or Zhu 佇 ([佇-丁+一])), also called Ning 帝宁 or Bo Zhu (Bozhu) 伯杼 Yuan, later Laoqiu (17 years) Huai 帝槐, also called Fen 帝芬 or Fen Fa (Fenfa) 芬發 (44 years) Mang 帝芒, also called Huang 帝荒 (58 years) Xie 帝泄 (or 洩 or Shi 世) (25 years) Bu Xiang (Buxiang) 不降 Cedes the throne to his brother Jiong (59 years) Jiong 帝扃 (or Ju 局 or Yu 禺) (18 years) Jin 帝厪, also called Yin Jia (Yinjia) 胤甲 or Xu 頊 Xihe (8 years) Kong Jia (Kongjia) 孔甲 Xihe (r. 9 years) Gao 帝皋, also called Hao 帝昊 or Gao Gou (Gaogou) 皋茍 (3 years) Fa 帝發, also called Hou Jing (Houjing) 后敬 or Fa Hui (Fahui) 發惠 (7 years) Jie 帝桀, also called Gui 帝癸 or Lü Gui (Lügui) 履癸 The last depraved ruler, enticed by his consort Mo Xi (Moxi) 末喜. After his dethronement by Cheng Tang Lü 成湯, Marquis of Shang 商侯履, Jie is dwelling in Nanchao 南巢, his descendants were enfeoffed with the fiefdom of Qi 杞 as dukes of Donglou 東樓公. Zhenxun, later Henan (31 years) Note: Compared with the Shang rulers, the persons of the Xia rulers' list have less often a binominal posthumous temple name (like Tai Kang, Zhong Kang, Kong Jia). A great number of the Xia rulers instead have one-syllable names (like Jiong, Jin, Gao). These names are preceded by the title "divine ancestor" (di 帝, [Di] Xiang 帝相; omitted in transcription).

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