Jie of Xia
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King Jie, also known by his temple name Di Gui, was the 17th and last ruler of the Xia dynasty of China. He is traditionally regarded as a tyrant and oppressor who brought about the collapse of a dyna
Jie with the concubine Mo Xi
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Tang of Shang
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Tang of Shang,, recorded on oracle bones as Tai Yi or Da Yi, was the first king of the Shang dynasty. Tang is traditionally considered a virtuous ruler, as signified by his posthumous epithet Cheng Ta
Jie of Xia
…of China. He is traditionally regarded as a tyrant and oppressor who brought about the collapse of a dynasty. Around 1600 BCE, Jie was defeated by Tang of Shang, bringing an end to the Xia dynasty that lasted about 500 years, and a rise to the new Shang dynasty. Jié 桀 (variant: 傑) (< Old Chinese: *grad) (ZS…
Depiction of King Tang by Ma Lin
1736 illustration of Tang during a punitive expedition
As depicted in the c. 1900 album Portraits of Famous Men, housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art