Ancient China · Ruler

Wojia 沃甲

Wòjiǎ

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wojia was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝沃甲
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 424
BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 121

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Nangeng (南庚)
father 父
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 123; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 426
Sibling of Zuxin (祖辛)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 121; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 424

Key source chapters

References in the histories

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

帝祖辛崩，弟沃甲立，是為帝沃甲。 Zuxin died; his brother Wojia became Emperor Wojia.

帝沃甲崩，立沃甲兄祖辛之子祖丁，是為帝祖丁。 Wojia died; Zuxin's son Zuding, Wojia's nephew, became Emperor Zuding.

帝祖丁崩，立弟沃甲之子南庚，是為帝南庚。 Zuding died; Wojia's son Nangeng succeeded as Emperor Nangeng.

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

帝沃甲，祖辛弟。 Emperor Wojia, Zuxin's younger brother.