Notable for the advances made in irrigation under it, its founder was Yu the Great, who was so devoted to duty that he only visited his palace once during his reign after succeeding Shun, the last ogf the Five Sovereings.
The last of this line was the Emperor Chieh, whose devotion to a beautiful but cruel mistress led to misery and a revolt by T'ang. Notable for the advances made in irrigation under it, its founder was Yu the Great, who was so devoted to duty that he only visited his palace once during his reign after succeeding Shun, the last ogf the Five Sovereings. FTP name this ruling epoch, the first hereditary dynasty of China, a semilegendary house followed by the Yin or Shang dynasty.
The last of this line was the Emperor Chieh, whose devotion to a beautiful but cruel mistress led to misery and a revolt by T'ang.
Xia dynasty (Hsia; pronounced like the "s" in "vision")