Overview
Jiandi was a Legendary Ancestress.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityLegendary · Female
Life and dates
Attested activity
- legendary antiquity
- AD 1195 明昌六年Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 29, passages 247, 249
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Qi (契)mother 母Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passages 1-2
- Spouse of Emperor Ku of the Gaoxin clan (帝嚳高辛氏)secondary consort 次妃 · Secondary marriageDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 1
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3 Annals of Yin 2 passages
- History of Jin, Chapter 29 Volume 29 Treatises 10: Rites 2: Fang Qiu Ceremonies; Dawn, Sunset, and Lunar Ceremonies; Gaomei 1 passage
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49 Volume 49 Book of Later Tang 25: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 passage
Places and affiliations
- Polity Shang 商 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 102
Events and relationships
- Associated with rise of ShangPolitical · Cause of rise · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 102
- Gaomei sacrifice 高禖之祀AD 1195 歲以春分日 · Ritual · Cult recipient · Received gaomei sacrifice · At second tier of the Gaomei altar 壇之第二層Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 29, passages 247, 249
Source notes
- Historicity legendary
References in the histories
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