Huai (Chinese: 槐) was the eighth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty (c. 2070–1600 BCE) of Ancient China.
[1] Founded by Yu the Great, both the dynasty and its rulers are of highly uncertain and controversial historicity.
[1][2] Herbert J. Allen notes that the character for Huai's name and the Sophora japonica tree are the same.
Extant sources offer little information on Huai's reign; they are mainly limited to court appointments and assemblies.
[4] Huai ascended the throne in the year of Wuzi (戊子), after his father Zhu had died.