Ancient China · Legendary ancestor; son of Zhuanxu

Daye 大業

Dàyè

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Daye was a Legendary ancestor; son of Zhuanxu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 8

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhuanxu (顓頊)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 8
Parent of Nühua (女華)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 70, passage 8

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 70Volume 70 Tables 10A: Imperial Clan Lineages 1A · 1 passage

帝顓頊高陽氏生大業，大業生女華，女華生皐陶，字庭堅，為堯大理。 Emperor Zhuanxu of the Gaoyang line had Daye; Daye had Nühua; and Nühua had Gao Yao, styled Tingjian, who served Emperor Yao as Minister of Justice.