夏桀

Xià Jié

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 6

商汤起兵打败了夏桀，建立了商朝。

Shāng Tāng qǐbīng dǎbài le Xià Jié, jiànlì le Shāngcháo.

Tang of Shang raised an army, defeated Jie of Xia and founded the Shang dynasty.

HSK 7-9

夏桀是夏朝的最后一个君王。

Xià Jié shì Xiàcháo de zuìhòu yí ge jūnwáng.

Jie of Xia was the last king of the Xia dynasty.

history

His personal name was 履癸. Tradition says he was defeated by 汤 at 鸣条 and died in exile at 南巢.

usage

He is paired with the last Shang king as 桀纣, the two archetypal tyrants, and 桀 alone means him too.

夏 xià

桀 Jié