Ancient China · Ruler

Emperor Taijia 帝太甲

Di Taijia

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Taijia was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝太甲
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 413

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Taiding (太丁)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 413

Career and standing

Confined
Confinement · At Tong Palace 桐宮 · Authority Yi Yin (伊尹)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 413

Events and relationships

Restored after repentance
Political · Ruler · With Yi Yin (伊尹)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 413

Assessments and attributes

Assessment dissolute · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 413

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

帝太甲，故太子太丁子。淫，伊尹放之桐宮。三年，悔過自責，伊尹乃迎之復位。 Emperor Taijia, son of the former heir Taiding, was dissolute. Yi Yin confined him in the Tong Palace; after three years of repentance Yi Yin restored him.