Ancient China · Consort

Jiandi 簡狄

Jiǎndí

Attested AD 1195

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Jiandi as a consort, named individual, and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Jiandi 簡狄 Jiǎndí

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Named Individual
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Parent of Xie (契)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Emperor Ku (帝嚳)
    Kinship Term: secondary consort / 次妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Relationship State: active

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: cult-recipient · Action: received-gaomei-sacrifice · Label: Gaomei sacrifice / 高禖之祀 · Place: second tier of the Gaomei altar / 壇之第二層 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 歲以春分日 · Note: annual spring-equinox rite instituted in Mingchang 6 · Western Year: AD 1195
    Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:029:s0249, jinshi:029:s0247

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 29Volume 29 Treatises 10: Rites 2: Fang Qiu Ceremonies; Dawn, Sunset, and Lunar Ceremonies; Gaomei · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 2 passages