Ancient China · Ruler

Taiwu 太戊

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages
9
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Taiwu as a ruler. This record brings together 9 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Taiwu 太戊 Taiwu
Temple Emperor Taiwu 帝太戊
Temple Middle Ancestor 中宗
Personal name Taiwu 太戊 Taiwu
Personal Taiwu 太戊

Identity

Historicity
Uncertain
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Qualitative: legendary antiquity
    Explicit · chenshu:004:s0116
  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: BC 1600 · End: BC 1300
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0098

Family

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  • Parent of Zhongding (中丁)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Yongji (雍己)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 4Volume 4: Emperor Fei · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 8 passages