Xia Dynasty is the beginning of Chinese feudalism and created bright feudal Chinese culture in the long history. Some students of learning Chinese in China are quite interested in the Chinese culture in this period. They started a research on the history of this dynasty.
Recent days, students who are studying Chinese in China took part in a lecture about the history of this dynasty. The professor of Chinese culture talked about the downfall of Xia Dynasty. After the victory that the King Zhu of Xia Dynasty conquered the Eastern Minority, the authority of Xia Dynasty was greatly increased among every small state in every place. Later, Xia Dynasty experienced a long-term development. This history period has been learnt by the students of learning Mandarin in China in the last lesson.
In the late period since the ruling time of King Kongjia, the ruling class became more and more corrupted gradually, which caused the decline of the dynasty. Kongjia was in favor of spirit things and quite licentious. The tribes and small states used to be obedient to Xia Dynasty separated from the rule of Xia Dynasty. You can learn some real things from the historical records, if learning Chinese in China.
The fourth generation of Kongjia was the last king of Xia Dynasty named Xiajie. Jie was one of the tyrants in Chinese history. If you have learnt Chinese in China for a long time and heard about some stories about Xiajie, you will find the cruelty of Xiajie in the history. After Jie assumed the throne, the rule of Xia Dynasty had been between the beetle and the block. Complaints were heard everywhere in the territory of Xia Dynasty. Tribes which used to ally with Xia Dynasty betrayed successively.
Facing to this situation, Xiajie didn’t arouse his all efforts to make the country prosperous and devote more to his people. On the contrary, he wasted the human resources and property on building palace. A group of students who are studying Chinese in China visited an historical relic and found the existing stone carves in Wu Liang Temple of Han Dynasty have the anaglyphs that Xiajie is riding on people, which show the tyranny of Xiajie to people. In addition to this, Xiajie started many wars to the surrounding tribes frequently.
When he was crusading against the Tribe of Shiyou, he got a beautiful girl named Meixi from Shiyou. Xiajie doted on Meixi extremely and made his life more licentious. Students of learning Mandarin in China did some research and found that in order to enhance the control to each tribe, Xiajie called on the leaders of tribes to meet in Reng. The Tribe of Youxun who lived in Shandong area rebelled. Therefore Xiajie started the war to crusading against Youxun.
This movement intensified the dissatisfaction and rebellion of every tribe. The tyranny of Xiajie made people apart from the control of him. They all cursed him that he would die with his dynasty in the future. At this time, his ruling couldn’t be maintained any more.
Meanwhile, the nation of Shang to the east of Xia Dynasty had risen. According to the materials found by students of learning Chinese in China, Shang was an ancient nation and became prosperous through the long-term development under the guidance of Leader Tang of Shang. It even prepared actively for wiping out Xia Dynasty. The thriving of Shang had great influence on the surrounding small states. Some tribes and states who were not satisfied with the ruling of Xia Dynasty all collected around Shang, which made Shang become a leader against Xia Dynasty in the east. Even some officials in Xia Dynasty who hated Xiajie went to Shang for shelter. The loyal official named Guan Longfeng was killed by Xiajie for remonstration, which caused great dissatisfaction in the ruling class of Xia Dynasty. The professor also told some other stories about the tyranny of Jie to the students so that even these people who are studying Chinese in China hated Jie very much.
In this situation, Shangtang raised forces against Xia Dynasty. Xiajie was surrounded by Shang army and died in Nanchao. Xia Dynasty was announced downfall in about 17th century BC.