Ancient China · Ruler

Taikang 太康

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Taikang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

Natural
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 230

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passages 228-229; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 289

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Qi (啟)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 228
Sibling of Zhongkang (中康)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 230; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 297

Kinship Role brothers · Count 5
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 229

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Emperor Taikang 帝太康
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 228

Places and affiliations

Xia 夏
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 228

Events and relationships

Lost the state
Political · Ruler
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 229

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 · 3 passages

夏后帝啟崩，子帝太康立。 When Emperor Qi died, his son Taikang succeeded.

帝太康失國，昆弟五人，須于洛汭，作五子之歌。 Taikang lost the throne; five brothers waited at the Luo bend and composed the Song of the Five Sons.

太康崩，弟中康立，是為帝中康。 Taikang was succeeded by his brother Zhongkang, known as Emperor Zhongkang.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 2 passages

帝太康 Emperor Taikang

帝仲康，太康弟。 Emperor Zhongkang, Taikang's younger brother.