Ancient China · Ruler

Xiaojia 小甲

Xiǎojiǎ

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiaojia was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝小甲
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 416
BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 95

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Taigeng (太庚)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 95
Sibling of Yongji (雍己)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 417; Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 96
Sibling of Taigeng (太庚)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 416

Key source chapters

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Yin way declined; some lords failed to attend · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 416

References in the histories

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

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

帝小甲崩，弟雍己立，是為帝雍己。 Xiaojia died; his brother Yongji became Emperor Yongji.

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

帝小甲，太庚弟。殷道衰，諸侯或不至。 Emperor Xiaojia, Taigeng's younger brother. The way of Yin declined, and some feudal lords failed to attend court.