House of Zi

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The House of Zi was the royal family lineage that founded and ruled China’s Shang dynasty.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of Zi canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic clan ⓘ
royal house ⓘ
capital Anyang ⓘ
Yin ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalSphere Chinese Bronze Age ⓘ
linked to: Ancient China
dynastyRuled Shang dynasty ⓘ
endTime c. 11th century BCE ⓘ
ethnicContext early Huaxia peoples ⓘ
followedBy House of Ji ⓘ
Zhou dynasty ⓘ
founder King Tang of Shang ⓘ
governedTerritory Yellow River valley ⓘ
linked to: Yellow River basin

northern China ⓘ
hasFamilyName Zi ⓘ
hasNotableMember King Di Xin ⓘ
King Tang of Shang ⓘ
King Wu Ding ⓘ
historicalPeriod Shang period ⓘ
linked to: Shang dynasty
knownFor bronze casting ⓘ
early Chinese state formation ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ
language Old Chinese ⓘ
legitimacyConcept Tianming (Mandate of Heaven precursor) ⓘ
linked to: Tianming
mentionedIn Bamboo Annals ⓘ
Shiji ⓘ
nobleTitle King of Shang ⓘ
overthrownBy King Wu of Zhou ⓘ
Zhou dynasty ⓘ
partOf Chinese royal lineages ⓘ
patronDeity Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
politicalRole founding royal house of the Shang dynasty ⓘ
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy ⓘ
practicedDivination oracle bone divination ⓘ
region Henan ⓘ
linked to: Henan Province
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
royalAncestralCult Shang royal ancestors ⓘ
socialStructure aristocratic lineage system ⓘ
sourceOfEvidence Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
bronze inscriptions ⓘ
oracle bones ⓘ
startTime c. 16th century BCE ⓘ
successorState Zhou dynasty ⓘ
usedCalendar lunar calendar ⓘ
usedWritingSystem oracle bone script ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tang of Shang → house → House of Zi ⓘ
State of Song → dynasty → House of Zi ⓘ
Tai Jia → house → House of Zi ⓘ
Di Xin → house → House of Zi ⓘ