Xi Zhong (Chinese: 奚仲) was a legendary Xia dynasty minister claimed to have served Yu the Great credited in traditional Chinese sources with the invention of the chariot during the 2nd millennium BC. Modern archaeological evidence has not found support for that, however, and suggests instead a date closer to 1200 BC for the introduction of small-scale use of chariots.
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- 《滕县志·古迹》：“薛城，在薛河北，县南四十里，周二十八里，古奚仲所封国。”
- Xu Shen, Shuowen Jiezi "Radical 車". quote: "車：輿輪之緫名。夏后時奚仲所造。"
- Shiben· "Chapter on Inventions (作篇) - Xia (夏)". quote: "奚仲作車。"
- Guyi congshu 11, Yupian, vol. 1, Chariot Section (車部). quote: "世本奚仲作車宋忠曰夏禹時人也". p. 132 of 157 scanned and transcribed by Chinese Text Project
- Ebrey, Patricia. East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History, p. 14. Houghton Mifflin Co (Boston), 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-13384-0.
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