Ancient China · Clan Leader

Xie 禼

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xie was a Clan Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 22, passage 13; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 255

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhaoming (昭明)
fathered 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 263
Child of Emperor Ku (帝俈)
fathered 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 255

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Joined in good
Political · Counselor · With Emperor Yao (帝堯), Emperor Shun (帝舜)
Directly stated · Book of Han 22, passage 13
Relation Minister of · Person Emperor Yao (帝堯)
Directly stated · Book of Han 22, passage 13
Relation Minister of · Person Emperor Shun (帝舜)
Directly stated · Book of Han 22, passage 13

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 22Volume 20: Prominent People from the Past Until the Present · 1 passage

傳曰：譬如堯舜，禹、稷、禼與之為善則行，鮌、讙兜欲與為惡則誅。 As the Tradition says: take Yao and Shun. When Yu, Ji, and Xie joined them in doing what was right, it was carried out; when Gun and Huan Dou sought to join them in wrongdoing, they were executed.

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

高辛生禼，為殷祖。 Gaoxin fathered Xie, the ancestor of the Yin line.

禼生昭明。 Xie fathered Zhaoming.