釋氏稽古略 1.126

1.126

發子。是為桀。自孔甲以來。諸侯多叛。桀暴戾無道。百姓患之。伐有施氏娶其女妺喜寵之。桀自恃天命。指日曰。日亡吾乃亡。關龍逢黃圖陳諫桀殺之。湯使人哭之。桀怒囚湯於夏臺。既而釋之。湯修德。諸侯畏服。桀起九夷之師伐湯。九夷之師不至。伊尹佐湯伐桀于鳴條。今晉寧路解州。桀戰不勝。奔於三朡之國。湯又從而伐之。放於南巢而死。在位五十一年。夏氏亡。

Fa's son. This was Jie. From Kongjia onwards, the feudal lords mostly rebelled. Jie was tyrannical and without principle, and the common people suffered under him. He attacked the Youshi clan, took their daughter Moxi, and favored her. Jie relied on the mandate of Heaven and pointed to the sun, saying, "When the sun perishes, only then shall I perish!" Guan Longfeng set out the *Yellow Chart* (*Huangtu*) to remonstrate with him, and Jie executed him. Tang sent people to mourn him. In anger, Jie imprisoned Tang at Xiatai, but later released him. Tang cultivated virtue, and the feudal lords feared and submitted to him. Jie raised an army of the Nine Yi to attack Tang, but the army of the Nine Yi did not arrive. Yi Yin assisted Tang in attacking Jie at Mingtiao (present-day Jiezhou in Jinning Circuit). Jie was defeated in battle and fled to the state of Sancong. Tang pursued and attacked him again, exiling him to Nanchao, where he died. He was on the throne for fifty-one years. The Xia clan fell.