Overview
Daji was a consort of King Zhou of Shang.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityUncertain · Female
Life and dates
Death
- Execution · Authority King Wu of Zhou (武王)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 226
Attested activity
- legendary antiquityDirectly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 7
- BC 1075 to BC 1046 商紂之世Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 43
- BC 1075 to BC 1046 妲己Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 314
- BC 1075 to BC 1046 妲己Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passages 179, 226
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of King Zhou of Shang (商纣)consort 妃 · ConcubinageStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 89, passage 314
- Spouse of King Zhou of Shang (紂)Concubinage
consort 妲己 · ConcubinageSources vary in certainty · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 179; Book of Han 117, passage 43
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3 Annals of Yin 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 117 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 1 passage
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 89 Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 1 passage
- Book of Sui, Chapter 36 Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 passage
Events and relationships
- Ruined YinPolitical · ConsortDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 314
- Shown with King ZhouLiterary depiction · Subject of paintingDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 43
References in the histories
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