Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Ku as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 19 passages from 7 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Ku | 帝嚳 | Di Ku |
| Personal name | Di Ku | 帝嚳 | |
| Title | Emperor | 帝 | Di |
| Personal name | Emperor Ku | 高辛 | Gaoxin |
| Temple | Emperor Ku | 帝嚳 | |
| Title | Emperor Ku | 帝俈 | Di Ku |
| Temple name | Emperor Ku | 帝嚳 | Dì Kù |
| Title | Gaoxin | 高辛氏 | Gaoxin shi |
| Alternate name | Gaoxin | 高辛 | |
| Alternate name | Gaoxin | 高辛 | Gaoxin |
| Alternate | Gaoxin | 高辛 | Gaoxin |
| Personal | Gaoxin | 高辛 | Gaoxin |
| Personal | Ku | 俈 | Ku |
| Personal name | Ku | 嚳 | Ku |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:020:s540, shiji:013:s249
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquity
- Source Date: Text: 泰和三年 · Western Year: AD 1203Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:035:s0063
Family
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- Descendant of Yellow Emperor (黃帝)Kinship Term: great-grandson / 曾孫 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
- Descendant of Yellow Emperor (黃帝)Kinship Term: great-grandson / 曾孫 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
- Parent of Ji (稷)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child
Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal - Parent of Xie (契)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Yao (堯)Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
- Parent of Xie (禼)Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
- Child of Jiaoji (蟜極)Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
- Spouse of Jiandi (簡狄)Kinship Term: secondary consort / 次妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Source notes
- Historicity: legendary
References in the histories
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