Ancient China · Ruler

Gengding 庚丁

Gēngdīng

Attested BC 1148 - BC 1148

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Gengding as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gengding 庚丁 Gēngdīng
Temple Emperor Gengding 帝庚丁
Title Emperor Gengding 帝庚丁 Di Gengding
Personal Gengding 庚丁
Personal Gengding 庚丁 Gengding

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 帝庚丁 · Western Year: BC 1148
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s435
  • Source Date: Text: 庚丁立 · Western Year: BC 1148
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0160

Family

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  • Parent of Wuyi (武乙)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Linxin (廩辛)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother

Places and affiliations

  • Place: north of the River / 河北 · Relation: moved-to
    Explicit · shiji:013:s435

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage