Ancient China · Ancestor of Zhou Royal House

King Tai 太王

Tàiwáng

Attested BC 1150

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

King Tai was an Ancestor of Zhou Royal House.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 13
BC 1150 商時
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 156

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Ji (王季)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 156

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou · Relation Leader of
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 156

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 15

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 1 passage

高皇帝聖德受命，有天下，尊太上皇，猶周文、武之追王太王、王季也。 The High Emperor received heaven's mandate and ruled the world; he honored his father as Exalted Supreme Emperor just as Kings Wen and Wu of Zhou posthumously ennobled King Tai and Wang Ji.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 99Biographies of Liu Jing and Shusun Tong · 1 passage

太王以狄伐故，去豳，杖馬箠居岐，國人爭隨之。 Because of Di attacks, King Tai left Bin. Leaning on his riding crop, he settled at Qiyi, and the people of his state vied to follow him.