Yizhi (伊陟) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yizhi as an official and statesman. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yizhi	伊陟	Yī Zhì
Personal	Yi Zhi	伊陟
Personal	Yizhi	伊陟

Identity

Historicity: Uncertain
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:003:s0099

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 殷 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1600 · End: BC 1300
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0099

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 5 passages

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帝太戊立伊陟為相。 Taiwu appointed Yizhi chief minister.

帝太戊懼，問伊陟。 Taiwu was frightened and asked Yizhi what it meant.

伊陟曰：「臣聞妖不勝德，帝之政其有闕與？ Yizhi said, "I have heard that portents cannot overcome virtue. Perhaps there is a flaw in your government?

伊陟贊言于巫咸。 Yizhi relayed this counsel to Wuxian.

帝太戊贊伊陟于廟，言弗臣，伊陟讓，作原命。 Emperor Taiwu praised Yi Zhi in the ancestral temple, speaking of him as more than a mere minister. Yi Zhi declined the honor, and Original Mandate was composed.