The Taishan Earthquake

Introduction The Taishan Earthquake was an earthquake that occurred in 1831 or 1652 B.C. in the Taishan region of China and was first recorded in the present-day Bamboo Book of Chronology. It is now recognized by most scholars as the earliest recorded earthquake in Chinese history. Background According to statistics, the two major earthquake belts, …

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Nv Ai

Nv Ai, or Ru Ai, was a female general under Shao Kang during the Xia and Shang dynasties. In order to help Shao Kang regain his throne, she came to the center of Han Milestone’s rule in disguise to spy and learn about the people, providing Shao Kang with valuable information. This made her the …

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Shaokang Zhongxing

Introduction Shaokang Zhongxing refers to the period when Shaokang, the sixth son of the Xia Dynasty, regained his throne and ruled thereafter, the first era in Chinese history to be named after the word “Zhongxing”. Shaokang was the sixth son of the Xia Dynasty, whose father was killed by the rival Han Milestone. With his …

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Human Sacrifice

In the Yangshao and Longshan cultures, human skulls with traces of hacking have been unearthed, and these may be the beginning of human sacrifice. Human sacrifice is called “human sacrifice”, which is a living sacrifice used to worship the gods. The human animals were usually prisoners of war, criminals, etc. Human sacrifice first appeared at …

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Han Zhuo

About the character Han Zhuo, surname, name Zhuo (zhuĆ³). The usurped monarch in the Xia Dynasty was excluded from the emperor only because of his bad reputation, and the Chinese history dominated by Confucianism, excluded him from the empire. Han ZhuoHan Zhuo was a delinquent young man from the Beming tribe of the Eastern Yi …

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Taikang

Biography Taikang: Si surname, Xia Hou clan, named Taikang, the eldest son of Qi, the third queen of the Xia Dynasty (the ruler of the Xia Dynasty reigned as queen and died as king). Taikang won the war for the ruler of the Queen of Xia and became the queen, and moved the capital to …

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Nine Songs

Introduction The “Nine Songs” is the title of a chapter in the “Chu Shu”, which was originally the name of an ancient song in Chinese mythology and legends, and was created by Qu Yuan, a native of Chu in the Warring States, based on the folk music songs for the gods in Chu. There are …

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The Juntai Festival

Introduction The Juntai Festival is a major historical event that took place during the reign of Xia Qi. After Xia Qi destroyed the Youhu Clan, he gathered the leaders of the local states in the capital city of Yangzhai (present-day Yuzhou City, Henan Province) and held a grand sacrifice to the gods, and it was …

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The Battle of Gan

Introduction to the War The Battle of Gan was a battle between the Xia Dynasty of China, which took place around the 21st century BC, between the Xia king Qi and the western lords Youhu (in recent times, various experts and scholars believe that the war took place in the area of Yuanyang and Yuanwu, …

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Bo Yi

Character Profile Bo Yi (BC? -About 1973), also known as Bo Ying, was a native of Feixian County, Shandong Province. He was given the surname Ying by Shun for helping Yu to heal the water and was given a daughter with the surname Yao as his wife. After Emperor Shun’s meditation on Yu, Bo Yi …

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