Ancient China · Xia Chariot Master

Xi Zhong 奚仲

Xī Zhòng

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xi Zhong was a Xia Chariot Master.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 130, passage 45; Book of Southern Qi 17, passage 2

Key source chapters

Book of Later Han, Chapter 130 Volume 119: Travel and Dress Part One 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 17 Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress 1 passage

Career and standing

chariot master 車正
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 130, passage 45
Master of Chariots 車正
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 17, passage 2
chariot master 車正
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 130, passage 45

Places and affiliations

Polity Xia · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 17, passage 2
Polity Xia 夏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 130, passage 45

Events and relationships

set streamers and pennons by rank 建其斿旐，尊卑上下，各有等級
Administrative · Official · Standardized streamers and pennants so ranks had fixed grades
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 130, passage 45

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 130Volume 119: Travel and Dress Part One · 1 passage

至奚仲為夏車正，建其斿旐，尊卑上下，各有等級。 When Xi Zhong served the Xia as master of chariots, he standardized streamers and pennants so rank from highest to lowest matched fixed grades.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 17Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress · 1 passage

昔三皇乘祇車出谷口，夏氏以奚仲爲車正，殷有瑞車，山車垂句是也。 In antiquity the Three Sovereigns rode the sacred carriage out from the valley gate; the Xia appointed Xi Zhong Master of Chariots; the Yin had the auspicious chariot — the mountain cart with drooping axles tells that tale.