Chapter 5 Section 1 Xia Dynasty

In the late primitive society, a tribal alliance headed by Yao and Shun appeared in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.After Shun's death, Yu, the leader of the Xia tribe, became the leader of the tribal alliance.But after Yu's death, the original successor Yi was killed by Yu's son Qi (one said that Yi voluntarily gave way to Qi). The monarchy country inherited by the children established the first dynasty in Chinese history-Xia. According to literature records, the Xia Dynasty began in the 21st century BC, lasted for more than 400 years, and ended in the 16th century BC in the Shang Dynasty.The Xia people are mainly active in central and western Henan and southern Shanxi. In recent decades, many cultural relics between the late Longshan culture and the early Shang culture have been discovered in this area. conform to.Among them, the first and second phases of the Erlitou culture, represented by the Erlitou site in Yanshi City, Henan Province, are recognized by academic circles as the remains of the Xia culture.

The capital city of Xia or the place where the monarch lived in the literature recorded includes Yangcheng (now Gaocheng Town, southeast of Dengfeng City, Henan Province), Zhen〔Xun Xun〕 (now southwest of Jiugong County, Gongyi City, Henan Province), Diqiu (now Puyang City, Henan City ), Yuan (now northwest of Jiyuan City, Henan), Laoqiu (now northeast of Kaifeng County, Henan), Xihe (now southeast of Anyang City, Henan), Yangzhai (now Yuzhou City, Henan), Anyi (now northeast of Xia County, Shanxi), Pingyang (southwest of today's Linfen City, Shanxi), Jinyang (southwest of Taiyuan City, Shanxi) and other places roughly reflect the ruling scope of the Xia Dynasty. In 1960, a large palace building site was discovered at the Erlitou site, about 18 kilometers east of the old city of Luoyang, southwest of Yanshi City, Henan Province. Henan".

There are many Yi tribes in the east of the Xia tribe. The leaders of Dongyi, Hou Yi and Han Cuo, once became the rulers of the Xia Dynasty. It was not until Shaokang and his son Zhu eliminated the leaders of the Yi tribe that the Xia Dynasty revived.Fangguo that exists in the summer time Youre, Youxin, Youge, Youmin (minmin), Youyu, Youhu, Guo, Han, Shang, Zeng (zengzeng), Bo (bobo), Ge, and Guanguan , Sanzhao [zongzong], Kunwu, Wei, Gu, Tushan, Fangfeng, Ying, Liu, Chao, etc. Other ethnic groups around include Laiyi, Jiuyi, Xunyu, Sanmiao, etc.