{{Short description|Chinese ruler from 1747 to 1728 BCE}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Fa<br>{{linktext|發}} | image = 發-seal.svg | caption = ''Fa'' in small seal script. | alt = Fa in small seal script. | succession = King of the Xia dynasty | reign = 1747–1728 BC | predecessor = Gao | successor = Jie |full name=Given name: {{lang-zh|Hou Jin}} (后敬)<br>Temple name: Fa ({{lang|zh|發}}) | father = Gao of Xia | issue= Jie }} {{Infobox Chinese | c = {{linktext|發}} | p = Fā | w = | mi = {{IPAc-cmn|f|a|1}} | gr = Jye | j = Faat<sup>3</sup> | y = | tl = Kia̍t | oc-bs = *{{IPA|Cə.pat}} | ci = {{IPAc-yue|f|aa|3}} }} '''Fa''' ({{Lang-zh|c=發|p=Fā|w=Fa}}) was the 16th ruler of the Xia dynasty, father of the infamous Jie who brought the dynasty to its end.<ref>''Bamboo Annals'', a chronicle of ancient China</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Milton Walter Meyer|title=China: A Concise History|url=https://archive.org/details/china00milt|url-access=registration|year=1994|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8226-3033-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/china00milt/page/126 126]}}</ref>
His given name was '''Houjing''' (后敬).
== Reign == [[File:夏桀像.png|Fa's son Jie with the two ladies|200px|thumb]] Fa was a son of the King Gao of Xia and thus a grandson of Kong Jia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://espanol.cri.cn/chinaabc/chapter14/chapter140101.htm |title=Xia dynasty |access-date=2012-10-19 |archive-date=2021-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016210924/http://espanol.cri.cn/chinaabc/chapter14/chapter140101.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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<ref>[http://www.pureinsight.org/node/1655 Reflections on History: Natural disasters and the Decline and fall of the Xia Dynasty] </ref> in modern Shandong during his reign. The event has been dated to 1740 BC as the Mount Tai earthquake.<ref>''吳階平, 喻滄, 季羨林''. [2002] (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. Fujian Education Press.'' {{ISBN|7-5334-3446-3}}, {{ISBN|978-7-5334-3446-5}}. p. 41.</ref>
The earthquake was mentioned briefly in the ''Bamboo Annals''.<ref>''Bamboo Annals'', listed under Xia chapters on King Fa's 7th year.</ref><ref>"When Emperor Fa died during his seventh year of reign, Mount Tai shattered."</ref>
== See also == *Yu the Great
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Category:Kings of the Xia dynasty Category:Asian people whose existence is disputed