Ancient China · Ruler

Taijia 太甲

Tàijiǎ

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages
8
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Taijia as a ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Taijia 太甲 Tàijiǎ
Temple Emperor Taijia 帝太甲
Temple Grand Ancestor 太宗
Personal Taijia 太甲

Identity

Historicity
Uncertain
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 帝太甲元年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1600 · End: BC 1300
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0085

Family

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  • Descendant of Tang (湯)
    Kinship Term: senior great-grandson through the main line / 適長孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Taiding (太丁)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Woding (沃丁)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 8 passages