Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Changyi 昌意

Dates uncertain

Passages
8
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Changyi as an official and royal family member. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Changyi 昌意 Changyi

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Ancestor of Yu (禹)
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾大父 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Yellow Emperor (黃帝)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Emperor Zhuanxu Gaoyang (顓頊帝高陽氏)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
  • Child of Yellow Emperor (黃帝)
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Source notes

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 6 passages