Di Yi

King of Shang dynasty

Di Yi

King of Shang dynasty
Reign| 1101–1076 BC
Predecessor| Wen Ding
Successor| King Zhou of Shang

Died| 1076 BC
Issue|

* Weizi of Song
* Weizhong of Song
* Di Xin

Father| Wen Ding

Di Yi (Chinese: 帝乙), personal name Zi Xian (Chinese: 子羨), was a king of the Shang dynasty from 1101 BC to 1076 BC. His capital was at Yin.

## Records

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According to the Bamboo Annals, in the third year of his reign, he ordered Nanzhong(南仲) 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 according to oracle bone records (see the Dongyi),[1]

The king was the older brother of Jizi and Bigan.

## Sons

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* Weiziqi (Chinese: 微子啟), Di Yi's eldest son. After the Shang succumbed to the Zhou dynasty, he was awarded the state of Song.
* Weizhong (Chinese: 微仲), Di Yi's second son, the second ruler of Song.
* King Zhou of Shang, Di Yi's youngest son, the last Shang king[2]

## Sources

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1. ^ Di Cosmo, 1999: 908
2. ^ Wu, 220.

Di Yi

Shang dynasty

Regnal titles
Preceded by

Wen Wu Ding

|  King of China
c. 1101 BC – c. 1076 BC  | Succeeded by

Di Xin

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Kings of the Shang dynasty

Predynastic Shang|

* Xie
* Zhao Ming
* Xiang Tu
* Chang Ruo
* Cao Yu
* Ming
* Wang Hai
* Wang Heng
* Shang Jia
* Bao Yi
* Bao Bing
* Bao Ding
* Zhu Ren
* Zhu Gui
* Tang

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

Late Shang+|

* 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

+ The term here refers to the period in the historiographical sense, starting from Pan Geng who is traditionally said to have moved the Shang capital to Yinxu. The same term can also refer to the historical polity as the earliest known literate civilization in China, starting from Wu Ding.
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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