Ancient China · Consort

Daji 妲己

Attested BC 1075 - BC 1046

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Daji was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1075 to BC 1046 妲己
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Polity Shang 商 · Relation Consort of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 49

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 49

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Book of Later Tang 25: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

一旦作亂，亡國滅族，與夫褒姒、妲己無異也。 In the end she brought rebellion, the destruction of the state, and the extinction of her clan—no different from Baosi and Daji.