Ancient China · Ruler

Zhongkang 中康

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhongkang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

Natural
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 233

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passages 230-231; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 297

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xiang (相)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 233
Sibling of Taikang (太康)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 230; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 297

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Emperor Zhongkang 帝中康
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 230

Places and affiliations

Xia 夏
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 2, passage 230

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

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

帝中康時，羲、和湎淫，廢時亂日。 Under Zhongkang the Xi and He stewards sank into vice and threw the calendar into confusion.

中康崩，子帝相立。 Zhongkang died and his son Xiang ruled.

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

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