Hsia

plural Hsias · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Xia

1. A surname.

   In February, the newly elected mayor of Taipei, Chiang Wan-an, welcomed a delegation from the Shanghai branch of the Taiwan Affairs Office. Andrew Hsia, a Kuomintang vice chairman, went to China and met with Wang Huning and Song Tao, two key figures in Beijing’s Taiwan strategy.

   2023 March 27, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2023, Asia Pacific

2. alternativeAlternative form of Xia.

   China’s traditional history begins with the Hsia dynasty, ca. 2000 BCE.

   2013, Earle Rice Jr., The Yangtze River (Rivers of the World), Hockessin, Delaware: Mitchell Lane Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19

   2 more examples

   Tyrant Chieh or Robber Chih: according to tradition, Chieh was an evil ruler who brought down the great Hsia Dynasty.

   2015, Hsün Tzu, “Man's Nature Is Evil”, in Michael Austin, editor, Reading the World: Ideas that matter, 3rd edition, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 89

   Chinese historical tradition has it that the semi-historical rulers, Yao and Shun, and the first official dynasty, the Hsia dynasty ruled over parts of China with a centre in southern Shansi.

   2022 January 3, Dishan Joseph, “Understanding Chinese heritage and culture”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2022