Ancient China · Ruler

Zujia 祖甲

Zǔjiǎ

Attested BC 1191 - BC 1148

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zujia 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 Zujia 祖甲 Zǔjiǎ
Temple Emperor Jia 帝甲
Title Emperor Jia 帝甲 Di Jia
Personal Jia Jia
Personal Zujia 祖甲

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 帝甲 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1191 · End: BC 1148
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0157
  • Source Date: Text: 帝甲 · Western Year: BC 1177
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s433

Family

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  • Parent of Linxin (廩辛)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Zugeng (祖庚)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: dissolute · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:013:s433

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