Ancient China · Ruler

Emperor Yi 帝乙

Dì Yǐ

Attested BC 1101 - BC 1076

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Yi as a ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Yi 帝乙 Dì Yǐ
Temple Emperor Yi 帝乙
Title Emperor Yi 帝乙 Di Yi
Personal Yi
Personal Yi Yi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 帝乙 · Western Year: BC 1101
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s438
  • Source Date: Text: 帝乙立 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1101 · End: BC 1076
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0169

Family

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  • Parent of Weizi Qi (微子啟)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Child of Taiding (太丁)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of King Zhou of Shang (紂)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Mother of Xin (辛母)
    Kinship Term: proper queen / 正后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
  • Spouse of Mother of Weizi Qi (微子啟之母)
    Union Category: secondary-marriage · Relationship State: active

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: Yin declined further · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:013:s438

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 4 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage