Ancient China · Ruler

Wuding 武丁

Attested BC 1250 - BC 1192

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wuding was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1250 to BC 1192 武丁
Strongly inferred · jinshu:072:s0073a16

Places and affiliations

Polity Shang 商 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · jinshu:072:s0073a16

Events and relationships

Became ancestral lord after pheasant cried on cauldron
Omen response · Ruler · Mode quoted-document Speaker Guo Pu (郭璞)
Directly stated · jinshu:072:s0073a16

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 42: Guo Pu; Ge Hong · 1 passage

故木不生庭，太戊無以隆；雉不鳴鼎，武丁不為宗。 Thus, if the tree had not grown in the court, Taiwu would have had no way to flourish; if the pheasant had not cried on the cauldron, Wuding would not have become an ancestral lord.