Zhi
Chinese · mortal · mythic prehistory · Recorded classification
Emperor Zhi, son of Diku by the consort Changyi (常儀, a consort distinct from Huangdi's son chinese_changyi 昌意), and Diku's immediate successor — the first of Diku's sons to rule. His reign proving feeble, the sovereignty passed to his half-brother Yao, so the canonical Five-Emperors line runs Diku -> (Zhi) -> Yao with Zhi a brief interregnal figure. Half-brother of Yao, Houji, and Xie. Named in chinese_diku's notes and lifecycle ('Zhi, Diku's immediate successor before being displaced by Yao') until materialized here as a paternal-line son of Diku.
Parentage
- paternal: Diku
Powers
- Reign briefly as Diku's heir before yielding to Yao
Relations
- child of: DikuSon of Diku by the consort Changyi (常儀); Diku's first son to reign. Half-brother of Yao, Houji, and Xie.Sima Qian, Shiji Ch. 1 (Zhi son of Diku, his immediate successor) (primary)
- half sibling: YaoHalf-brother of Yao, who succeeded him when his own reign failed; shared father Diku, different mothers.Sima Qian, Shiji Ch. 1 (Zhi displaced; Yao acceded) (primary)
- half sibling: HoujiHalf-brother of Houji, the Zhou progenitor; shared father Diku, different mothers.Sima Qian, Shiji Ch. 1 (sons of Diku by different consorts) (primary)
- half sibling: XieHalf-brother of Xie, the Shang progenitor; shared father Diku, different mothers.Sima Qian, Shiji Ch. 1 (sons of Diku by different consorts) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sima Qian, Shiji Ch. 1 (Wudi benji) (primary)