Tai Jia
Names | |
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Surname | Zǐ ( Chinese 子 ) |
Birth Name | Zhì ( Chinese 至 ) |
Throne name from Shiji | Tài Jiǎ ( Chinese 太甲 ) |
Throne name from oracle bone | Dà Jiǎ ( Chinese 大甲 ) |
Temple name | Tài Zōng ( Chinese 太宗 ) |
Postum name | Wén König ( Chinese 文王 ) |
in German | Tai Jia |
King Tai Jia ( Chinese 太甲 ; † 1720 BC) ruled China for 33 years as king of the Shang dynasty . He was the son of the actual Crown Prince Tai Ding , the son of King Cheng Tang . He reigned after King Tang. It is uncertain whether immediately afterwards, alone, together with his uncles or only after them.
background
After King Tang's death, Yi Yin served the Kings Wai Bing , Zhong Ren and Tai Jia. Since Tai Jia apparently did not continue the path taken by his predecessor in the sense of Yi Yin, he decided to put the king in Tong Gong under house arrest. After three years, Yi Yin regretted this tough step and gave Tai Jia back its royal dignity and power. After Tai Jia's death, Yi Yin is said to have published The Instructions of Yi or the Teachings of Yi from the Tai Jia case , which originally belonged as a chapter to the classic work Shàngshū ū . It was also Yi Yin who gave the late king his temple name. Yi Yin probably died during the reign of King Wo Ding and was buried near the capital Bo as if he had been a king himself. This shows the high position that the minister held within the Shang dynasty. Other sources state that Yi Yin was killed as a usurper by King Tai Jia when he escaped from his exile in Tong.
Comments on the temple name
In the Shang Dynasty, not every king had a temple name . Such a temple name means the honor from the subsequent rulers and their courts of the Shang dynasty. Tai Jia's temple name Tài Zōng ( Chinese 太宗 ) means high ancestor of the dynasty.
literature
- John Macgowan: T'ai Kia . In: A history of China from the earliest days down to the present . Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai 1897, p. 30–31 ( digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de [accessed on August 30, 2016]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Shang Rulers. on chinaknowledge.de, accessed on August 30, 2016.
- ↑ Very different information 33 years (r. 1753–1720) according to William Theodore De Bary: Sources of Japanese Tradition, Abridged: Part 1: 1600 to 1868 . Columbia University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-231-51814-7 , pp. 491 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ Milton Walter Meyer: China: A Concise History . Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Md 1994, ISBN 0-8476-7953-5 , pp. 126 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ Yi Yin 伊尹. on chinaknowledge.de, accessed on August 30, 2016.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Cheng Tang or Zhong Ren |
King of China around 1753–1720 BC Chr. |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tai Jia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tài Jiǎ; 太甲 (Chinese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese king of the Shang dynasty |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century BC BC or 18th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 1720 BC Chr. |