Ancient China · Ruler

Wuyi 武乙

Wǔyǐ

Attested BC 1147 - BC 1113

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wuyi as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wuyi 武乙 Wǔyǐ
Temple Emperor Wu Yi 帝武乙
Temple Emperor Wuyi 帝武乙
Title Emperor Wuyi 帝武乙 Di Wuyi
Personal Wu Yi 武乙
Personal Wuyi 武乙
Personal Wuyi 武乙 Wuyi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: killed by thunder · Manner: slighted the spirits
    Explicit · shiji:013:s436
  • Manner: struck by lightning · Place: between the Yellow and Wei rivers / 河渭之閒
    Explicit · shiji:003:s0167

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 帝武乙 · Western Year: BC 1147
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s436
  • Source Date: Text: 帝武乙立 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1147 · End: BC 1113
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0161

Family

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  • Child of Gengding (庚丁)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Taiding (太丁)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

References in the histories

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