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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 ]
For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.
The rulers of Xia came from the Tiefu tribe, who descended from the Southern Xiongnu leader, Qubei.Qubei was a member of the ruling-Luandi clan as the brother of the chanyu, Qiangqu, although a later and more dubious account alleged that he was the descendant of a Han dynasty prince-turned-Xiongnu noble, Liu Jinbo (劉進伯) instead.
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.
The Western Xia dynasty emerged in 1038—also called "Xi Xia", the "Tangut Empire", or "Minya"—and eventually controlled what are now the northwestern provinces of Ningxia, Gansu, eastern Qinghai, northern Shaanxi, northeastern Xinjiang, southwest Inner Mongolia, and southernmost Outer Mongolia.
According to received history, the period they existed in preceded the Xia dynasty, [3] although they were thought to exist in later periods to an extent [4] in incorporeal forms that aided the Chinese people, especially with the stories of Nüwa existing as a spirit in the Shang dynasty [5] and Shennong being identified as the godly form of ...
The Xia dynasty (夏朝; c. 2070–1600 BCE) is the first dynasty of traditional Chinese historiography. [1] Founded by Yu the Great, both the dynasty and its rulers are of highly uncertain and controversial historicity. [1] [2] There is some uncertainty as to the correct character for Zhu's name. [3] Some sources refer to him as Yu (予). [4]
Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC), the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history; Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407–431), a Xiongnu-led dynasty; Xia (617–621), a state founded by Dou Jiande near the end of the Sui dynasty; Western Xia (1038–1227), a Tangut-led dynasty; Eastern Xia (1215–1233), a Jurchen-led dynasty; Ming Xia (1362–1371 ...