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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Jiandi | 簡狄 | Jiǎndí |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleStrongly inferred · jinshi:029:s0249
- Sex: femaleExplicit · shiji:003:s0001
Roles
- Consort
- Named Individual
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · shiji:003:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 明昌六年 · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1195Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:029:s0249, jinshi:029:s0247
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 1195Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:029:s0249, jinshi:029:s0247
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · jinshi:029:s0249, shiji:003:s0001
References in the histories
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