Ancient China · Ruler

Xiaojia 小甲

Xiǎojiǎ

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiaojia as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiaojia 小甲 Xiǎojiǎ
Temple Emperor Xiaojia 帝小甲
Title Emperor Xiaojia 帝小甲 Di Xiaojia
Personal Xiaojia 小甲
Personal Xiaojia 小甲 Xiaojia

Identity

Historicity
Uncertain
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 帝小甲 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1600 · End: BC 1300
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s416
  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: BC 1600 · End: BC 1300
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0095

Family

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

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: Yin way declined; some lords failed to attend · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:013:s416

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage