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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Yi | 帝乙 | Dì Yǐ |
| Temple | Emperor Yi | 帝乙 | |
| Title | Emperor Yi | 帝乙 | Di Yi |
| Personal | Yi | 乙 | |
| Personal | Yi | 乙 | Yi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:003:s0169
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:013:s438
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 帝乙 · Western Year: BC 1101Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s438
- Source Date: Text: 帝乙立 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1101 · End: BC 1076Explicit 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-judgmentExplicit · shiji:013:s438
References in the histories
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