| Fa 發 | |||||
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| King of the Xia dynasty | |||||
| Reign | 1747–1728 BC | ||||
| Predecessor | Gao | ||||
| Successor | Jie | ||||
| Issue | Jie | ||||
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| Father | Gao of Xia | ||||
| Fa of Xia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 發 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fa (Chinese: 發, Fā) was the 16th ruler of the Xia dynasty, father of the infamous Jie who brought the dynasty to its end.[1][2]
His given name was Houjing (后敬).
- ^ Bamboo Annals, a chronicle of ancient China
- ^ Milton Walter Meyer (1994). China: A Concise History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8226-3033-3.