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Han Zhuo
Legendary kinsman of the Boming who served Hou Yi as minister, had him killed, seized power and was destroyed by the Xia loyalist Mi
Mural of the event “Usurpation of Yi and Zhuo”, which this person took part in.
After seizing power Hou Yi repeated Taikang's mistake, indulging in archery and pleasure while delegating government to his trusted minister Han Zhuo. The balance between old Xia officials and the new Eastern Yi nobility ruptured, brewing a second coup.
Also known as Han Zhuo of Boming
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- Monarch / Emperor
Han Zhuo is a figure of Xia-period legend. The Zuo Zhuan, under the fourth year of Duke Xiang, says he was a kinsman of Boming, ruler of Han, who cast him out for slander. Yi of Youqiong took him in and made him chief minister. Flattering the court and bribing outsiders, he had Yi's household men kill Yi, took over Yi's household and fathered two sons, Jiao and Yi. Later Mi, a former Xia minister, destroyed Han Zhuo and set up Shaokang, and Shaokang and his son Zhu destroyed the two sons, restoring the Xia. The Tianwen in the Chuci adds that Yi's wife joined the plot.
Life and times
- c. 2000 BCEBorn
Xia - 1930 BCEUsurpation of Yi and Zhuo
Took partHan Zhuo killed Hou Yi, seized his power, and pursued Xia royal remnants until Shao Kang's counteroffensive.- Han Zhuo Slaying Hou Yi Usurping2010 BCEHan Zhuo orchestrated a coup against Hou Yi, assassinating him and seizing control of Youqiong.
- King Xiang Slain, Shaokang Born1990 BCEHan Zhuo's forces killed King Xiang, while pregnant Queen Houmin fled to Youreng to give birth to Shaokang.
- Han Zhuo Slaying Hou Yi Usurping
- 1900 BCEShao Kang's Restoration
Shao Kang rallied Youyu and Youge allies, defeated Han Zhuo's faction, and restored Xia royal rule.- Shao Kang Rallying Troops at LunShao Kang built strength at Lun and united Xia loyalists to defeat Han Jiao, restoring the dynasty.
- Shao Kang Rallying Troops at Lun
- 1900 BCEDied
