Overview
The translated histories identify Daji as a consort and named individual. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Daji | 妲己 | Daji |
| Personal name | Daji | 妲己 | |
| Personal | Daji | 妲已 | Daji |
| Personal | Daji | 妲己 | |
| Personal name | Daji | 妲己 | Dá Jǐ |
| Personal name | 妲 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Named Individual
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: execution · Authority Person Id: King Wu of Zhou (武王)Explicit · shiji:003:s0226
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · suishu:036:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 妲己 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1075 · End: BC 1046Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0314
- Source Date: Text: 妲己 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1075 · End: BC 1046Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0179, shiji:003:s0226
Family
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- Spouse of King Zhou of Shang (商纣)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: concubinage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband
- Spouse of King Zhou of Shang (紂)Union Category: concubinage · Relationship State: active
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: consort · Action: ruined-YinExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0314
- Type: consort-of · Person Id: King Zhou of Shang (紂)Explicit · hanshu:117:s0043
References in the histories
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