Ancient China · Ruler

Zhi

Dates uncertain

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhi Zhi
Title Emperor Zhi 帝摯
Personal name Zhi Zhi

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Zouzi consort of Emperor Ku (娵訾氏女)
    Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Child of Emperor Ku (帝嚳)
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Yao (堯)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger brother · Object Role: elder brother

Career and standing

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: unworthy · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:001:s0289

Source notes

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 1Annals of the Five Emperors · 3 passages