Ancient China · Ruler

Jiong 扃

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

Natural
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 241

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 240; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 361

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Jin (廑)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 241
Sibling of Bujiang (不降)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 361; Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 240

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Emperor Jiong
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 240

Places and affiliations

Xia 夏
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 240

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 2

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 2 passages

帝不降崩，弟帝扃立。 Bujiang died and his brother Jiong ruled.

帝扃崩，子帝廑立。 Jiong died and his son Jin ruled.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

帝扃不降弟。 Emperor Jiong, Bujiang's younger brother.