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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.

His given name was Houjing (后敬).

Reign

Fa was a son of the King Gao of Xia and thus a grandson of Kong Jia.

During his inaugural celebration, all of his vassals gathered at his palace.

The first earthquake ever recorded took place in the 7th year of his rule at Mount Tai in modern Shandong during his reign. The event has been dated to 1740 BC as the Mount Tai earthquake.

The earthquake was mentioned briefly in the Bamboo Annals.

See also

• Yu the Great

References

1. Bamboo Annals, a chronicle of ancient China
2. Milton Walter Meyer (1994). China: A Concise History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8226-3033-3.
3. Xia dynasty
4. Reflections on History: Natural disasters and the Decline and fall of the Xia Dynasty
5. 吳階平, 喻滄, 季羨林. (2002) 世紀中國學術大典: 測繪學, 大氣科學, 固體地球物理學, 應用地球物理學, 海洋科學. 福建教育出版社. ISBN 7-5334-3446-3, ISBN 978-7-5334-3446-5. p. 41.
6. Bamboo Annals, listed under Xia chapters on King Fa's 7th year.
7. "When Emperor Fa died during his seventh year of reign, Mount Tai shattered."

• Kings of the Xia dynasty