夏代是中国古代历史长河中至关重要的一个历史阶段。在近代考古学兴起以前,夏代曾长期被人们视作半信半疑的传说时代,夏代的历史也犹如一团迷雾长期受到学术界的怀疑。随着考古学资料的日渐丰富与夏史研究的逐步深入,夏代的存在已基本上为中外学术界所认可,司马迁在《史记》中? The Xia Dynasty is a crucial historical stage in the history of ancient China. Before the rise of modern archeology, the Xia Dynasty had long been regarded as a semi-doubtful legendary era, and the history of the Xia Dynasty was like a mass of fog long suspected by academics. With the increasing enrichment of archeological data and the gradual deepening of the study of summer history, the existence of Xia Dynasty has basically been recognized by Chinese and foreign academic circles.