Ancient China · Legendary son of Xuanxiao and father of Emperor Ku

Jiaoji 蟜極

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiaoji was a Legendary son of Xuanxiao and father of Emperor Ku.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passages 41-42; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 243

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xuanxiao (玄囂)
father 父
fathered 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 41; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passages 243-244, 247-248
Parent of Emperor Ku of the Gaoxin clan (帝嚳高辛氏)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 41
Parent of Emperor Ku (帝俈)
fathered 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passages 247-248, 251-252

Key source chapters

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 41

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 1Annals of the Five Emperors · 2 passages

高辛父曰蟜極，蟜極父曰玄囂，玄囂父曰黃帝。 Gaoxin’s father was Jiaoji; Jiaoji’s father was Xuanxiao; Xuanxiao’s father was the Yellow Emperor.

自玄囂與蟜極皆不得在位，至高辛即帝位。 Neither Xuanxiao nor Jiaoji ever ruled; Gaoxin was the first of that line to take the throne.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 6 passages

玄囂生蟜極。 Xuanxiao fathered Jiaoji.

玄囂生蟜極。 Xuanxiao fathered Jiaoji.

玄囂生蟜極。蟜極生高辛。 Xuanxiao fathered Jiaoji. Jiaoji fathered Gaoxin.

玄囂生蟜極。蟜極生高辛。 Xuanxiao fathered Jiaoji. Jiaoji fathered Gaoxin.

蟜極生高辛，為帝俈。 Jiaoji fathered Gaoxin, who became Emperor Ku.

蟜極生高辛。高辛生放勛。 Jiaoji fathered Gaoxin. Gaoxin fathered Fangxun.