Di Yi

Di Yi
King of Shang dynasty
Reign	1101 - 1076 BC
Predecessor	Wen Ding
Successor	King Zhou of Shang

Died	1076 BC
Issue	Weiziqi, Duke of Song Weizhong, Duke of Song King Zhou of Shang Jizi
Father	Wen Ding

Di Yi (Chinese: 帝乙) was a king of the Shang dynasty of China from 1101 to 1076 BC. His capital was at Yin.

According to the Bamboo Annals, on the third year of his regime, he ordered Nanzhong to fight Kun Barbarians and built Shuofang (朔方, roughly modern Ordos in Inner Mongolia) in the middle of Kun territory after winning a battle. He also fought the Renfang (see the Dongyi),^[1] eventually capturing and sacrificing their chief.^[2]

Sons

King Zhou of Shang, the last Shang king^[3]
Weiziqi (微子啟), the eldest son. After the Shang succumbed to the Zhou dynasty, he was awarded the state of Song.
Weizhong (微仲), the second ruler of Song
Jizi, legendary ruler of Gojoseon^[4]

Sources

↑ Di Cosmo, 1999: 908
↑ Bamboo Annals.
↑ Wu, 220.
↑ Shim 2002, p. 274

Regnal titles
Di Yi Shang dynasty
Preceded by Wen Wu Ding	King of China c. 1101 BC – c. 1076 BC	Succeeded by Di Xin

Kings of the Shang dynasty

Early Shang	Da Yi Da Ding Da Jia Bu Bing Da Geng Xiao Jia Da Wu Lü Ji Zhong Ding Bu Ren Jian Jia Zu Yi Zu Xin Qiang Jia Zu Ding Nan Geng Xiang Jia

Yin period	Pan Geng Xiao Xin Xiao Yi Wu Ding Zu Geng Zu Jia Lin Xin Kang Ding Wu Yi Wen Wu Ding Di Yi Di Xin

Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → 3 Kingdoms → Jìn / 16 Kingdoms → S. Dynasties / N. Dynasties → Sui → Tang → 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms - Liao / Song / W. Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing → ROC / PRC

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