scared he actually died of fear. After King Kong Jia departed, his son King Gao ascended to the throne. According to the Bamboo Annals, Kong Jia lived in the Xia capital of Xi River (西河). In the third year of his reign, he hunted at the Fu Mountains (萯山) in Dongyang (东阳). He composed a song called Eastern Sound (东音), which is also called Song of Broken Axe (破斧之歌). Kong Jia was very superstitious and all he cared about was alcohol. From his time on, the power of Xia started to decline, and the vassal kings (诸侯) of Xia grew more powerful. During his reign, he stripped power from one of the nobles, Shiwei (豕韦). See also Buzhu: Legendary noble who is claimed to have served as minister of agriculture under the emperor after his father Sources Xia dynasty kings