Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Xiang Tu 相土

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 5
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Xiang Tu was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

相土烈烈
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passage 120
legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 8; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 271

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhaoming (昭明)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 8
Parent of Changruo (昌若)
father 父
fathered 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 9; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 279
Child of Zhaoming (昭明)
fathered 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 271

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 1 passage

相土烈烈，海外有截。』 Xiang Tu blazed with power, and even beyond the seas rivals were subdued."

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

昭明卒，子相土立。 Zhaoming was succeeded by his son Xiang Tu.

相土卒，子昌若立。 Xiang Tu was succeeded by his son Changruo.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 2 passages

昭明生相土。 Zhaoming fathered Xiangtu.

相土生昌若。 Xiangtu fathered Changruo.