Ancient China · Official

Yizhi 伊陟

Yī Zhì

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yizhi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 99

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 5 passages

帝太戊立伊陟為相。 Taiwu appointed Yizhi chief minister.

帝太戊懼，問伊陟。 Taiwu was frightened and asked Yizhi what it meant.

伊陟曰：「臣聞妖不勝德，帝之政其有闕與？ Yizhi said, "I have heard that portents cannot overcome virtue. Perhaps there is a flaw in your government?

伊陟贊言于巫咸。 Yizhi relayed this counsel to Wuxian.

帝太戊贊伊陟于廟，言弗臣，伊陟讓，作原命。 Emperor Taiwu praised Yi Zhi in the ancestral temple, speaking of him as more than a mere minister. Yi Zhi declined the honor, and Original Mandate was composed.