Ancient China · Ruler

Zhongren 中壬

Zhōngrén

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhongren 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 Zhongren 中壬 Zhōngrén
Temple Emperor Zhongren 帝中壬
Title Emperor Zhongren 帝仲壬 Di Zhongren
Personal Zhongren 中壬
Personal Zhongren 仲壬 Zhongren

Identity

Historicity
Uncertain
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 帝中壬即位四年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1600 · End: BC 1300
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0083
  • Source Date: Text: 帝仲壬 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1600 · End: BC 1300
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s412

Family

  • Sibling of Waibing (外丙)
    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

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