Yong Ji

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Yong Ji (Zi Dian/Zhou) 雍己 (子佃/伷)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Dian (佃) or Zhou (伷)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Yong Ji (雍己)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Yong Ji (Chinese: 雍己, born Zi Dian (Chinese: 子佃) or Zi Zhou (Chinese: 子伷), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the eighth Shang king, succeeding his brother Xiao Jia (Chinese: 太庚). He was enthroned in the year of Jiaxu (Chinese: 甲戌) with Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for 12 years, was given the posthumous name Yong Ji and was succeeded by brother Tai Wu (Chinese: 太戊).[1][2][3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the eighth Shang king succeeding his brother Da Wu (Chinese: 大戊), given the posthumous name Lu Ji (Chinese: 小甲) and succeeded by his nephew Zhong Ding (Chinese: 中丁).[2][3]

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  1. ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0. 
  2. ^ a b The Shang Dynasty Rulers (English). China Knowledge. Retrieved on August 7, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship (English). Indiana University. Retrieved on August 7, 2007.
Yong Ji
Preceded by
Xiao Jia		 King of China Succeeded by
Tai Wu
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