Buzhu or Buku (

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: ) was a legendary noble during the

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. He was the son of the Xia minister of agriculture,

Houji Hou Ji (or Houji; ) was a legendary Chinese culture hero credited with introducing millet to humanity during the time of the Xia dynasty.. Millet was the original staple grain of northern China, prior to the introduction of wheat. His name tran ...

, and inherited his father's position under the Xia king

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. Feeling the Xia court to be corrupt, he removed his clan from the capital to

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. Either he or his son

Ji Ju Ji Ju () was a noble of the Chinese Xia dynasty. He is reported as having abandoned the agriculture of his father Buzhu and grandfather Houji in favor of the animal husbandry practiced by the Xirong and Beidi peoples.Sima Qian. ''Records of the G ...

abandoned agriculture completely, enjoying the nomadic lifestyle of his

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and Di neighbors instead. As the son of Houji, he was claimed as an ancestor of the

Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...

. His grandson was

Gong Liu Duke Liu () was a noble of ancient China. He was an important early leader of the Ji clan, which later founded the Zhou dynasty. His father was Ji Ju. Ancestry In Chinese mythology, the Zhou lineage traditionally began with a consort of the Em ...

.''Shiji'', "Basic Annals of Zhou" 周本紀: 后稷卒，子不窋立。不窋末年，夏后氏政衰，去稷不務，不窋以失其官而犇戎狄之間。不窋卒，子鞠立。鞠卒，子公劉立。 R. Eno, "The Rise of the House of Zhou", 2010

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