Ancient China · Ruler

Taigeng 太庚

Tàigēng

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Taigeng was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝太庚
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 415
BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 94

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xiaojia (小甲)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 95
Sibling of Woding (沃丁)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 94; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 415
Sibling of Xiaojia (小甲)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 416

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 2 passages

沃丁崩，弟太庚立，是為帝太庚。 Woding died; his brother Taigeng became Emperor Taigeng.

帝太庚崩，子帝小甲立。 Taigeng died and his son Xiaojia ruled.

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

帝太庚，沃丁弟。 Emperor Taigeng, Woding's younger brother.