Xie () was the tenth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty. The son of Mang, Xie ascended the throne in the "Xinwei" () year. He possibly ruled 25 years." Bamboo Annals "."Chronology of China rulers".Gu, Sharron. A Cultural History of the Chinese Language.
Reign
According to the Bamboo Annals, in the 12th year of Xie's reign, Wang Hai of Shang, while a guest in Youyi (有易),The 1865 Chinese Classics, which relates this story, does not identify the "Youyi" in question, but states that "There is a small dep. in Chih-le, called Yih-chow, which may correspond to the ancient Yew-yih". was "guilty of licentious conduct" and killed by the leader of the place, Mianchen (綿臣), who also sent away his retinue. Four years later, Wang Hai's successor, Shang Jia, allied with the forces of the protection of Hebo, and invaded Youyi, killing Mianchen.Bamboo Annals in English (Legge)
In the 21st year of his reign, Xie "conferred regular dignities" on the chiefs of the surrounding barbarians, including the Quanyi (), Baiyi (), Chiyi (), Xuanyi (), Fengyi (), Huangyi (), and Yangyi (), which led to them forming relations with Xia. According to the Book of the Later Han, these are all Dongyi tribes.《後漢書 東夷列傳》王制云：「東方曰夷。」夷者，柢也，言仁而好生，萬物柢地而出。故天性柔順，易以道御，至有君子、不死之國焉。夷有九種，曰畎夷，于夷，方夷，黃夷，白夷，赤夷，玄夷，風夷，陽夷。故孔子欲居九夷也。https://ctext.org/hou-han-shu/dong-yi-lie-zhuan?searchu=%E7%99%BD%E5%A4%B7&searchmode=showall#result
Xie was succeeded by his sons Bu Jiang and Jiong.Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian, Vol. Han Dynasty I. Trans. Watson, Burton. Columbia Univ. Press (New York), 1993.
See also Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
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