Ancient China · Ruler

Zuxin 祖辛

Zǔxīn

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zuxin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝祖辛
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 423
BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 120

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zuyi (祖乙)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 120
Parent of Zuding (祖丁)
father 父
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 122; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 425
Sibling of Wojia (沃甲)
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

祖乙崩，子帝祖辛立。 Zuyi died and his son Zuxin ruled.

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.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 3 passages

帝祖辛 Emperor Zuxin

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

帝祖丁，祖辛子。 Emperor Zuding, son of Zuxin.