Ancient China · Ruler

Woding 沃丁

Wòdīng

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Woding was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝沃丁
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 414
BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝沃丁之時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 92

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Taijia (太甲)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 91
Sibling of Taigeng (太庚)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 94; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 415

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 4 passages

太宗崩，子沃丁立。 When the Grand Ancestor died, his son Woding succeeded.

帝沃丁之時，伊尹卒。 Under Woding, yiyin died.

既葬伊尹於亳，咎單遂訓伊尹事，作沃丁。 After Yi Yin had been buried at Bo, Jiu Dan set forth Yi Yin’s deeds in instruction and composed Woding.

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

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

帝沃丁。伊尹卒。 Emperor Woding. Yi Yin died.