Yong Ji

Infobox Chinese emperor


name = Yong Ji (Zi Dian/Zhou) 雍己 (子佃/伷)
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given-name = Dian (佃) or Zhou (伷)
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title1 = King of Shang Dynasty
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post-name = Yong Ji (雍己)
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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).cite book |last=Bai |first=Shouyi |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=An Outline History of China |year=2002 |publisher=Foreign Language Press |location=Beijing |isbn=7-119-02347-0] cite web |url =http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Myth/shang-rulers.html |title = The Shang Dynasty Rulers |accessdate = August 7 |accessdaymonth = |accessmonthday = |accessyear = 2007 |author = |last = |first = |authorlink = |coauthors = |date = |year = |month = |format = |work = |publisher = China Knowledge |pages = |language = English |doi = |archiveurl = |archivedate = |quote = ] cite web |url =http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/Kings.pdf |title = Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship |accessdate = August 7 |accessdaymonth = |accessmonthday = |accessyear = 2007 |author = |last = |first = |authorlink = |coauthors = |date = |year = |month = |format = |work = |publisher = Indiana University |pages = |language = English |doi = |archiveurl = |archivedate = |quote = ]

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).

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