Ancient China · Ruler

King Tai 太王

Tài Wáng

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Tai was a ruler.

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Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 12

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles · 1 passage

虞舜生馮，遷于負夏，太王避狄，邑此岐山，聖姥來歸，天原肇發。 As when Shun was born at Feng and moved to Fuxia, or when King Tai fled the Di and settled at Mount Qi—when the Holy Matriarch came into the clan, the heavenly origin of the house first unfolded.