King Di Xin

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King Di Xin was the last ruler of China’s Shang dynasty, historically portrayed as a tyrant whose misrule led to the dynasty’s downfall and replacement by the Zhou.

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King Di Xin canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shang dynasty ruler ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
last ruler of a dynasty ⓘ
associatedWork Bamboo Annals ⓘ
Book of Documents ⓘ
Fengshen Yanyi ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
battle Battle of Muye ⓘ
capital Anyang ⓘ
Yin ⓘ
country Shang dynasty ⓘ
culture Chinese ⓘ
deathCause suicide by self-immolation (traditional account) ⓘ
deathPlace Mingtiao (near Zhaoge/Anyang region) ⓘ
defeatedBy King Wu of Zhou ⓘ
Zhou forces ⓘ
dynasty Shang dynasty ⓘ
era late Shang period ⓘ
father King Di Yi ⓘ
historicalReputation largely negative in traditional historiography ⓘ
historicity partly supported by oracle bone inscriptions ⓘ
knownFor cruel punishments ⓘ
extravagance ⓘ
loss of Mandate of Heaven (traditional view) ⓘ
misrule leading to fall of Shang ⓘ
lastRulerOf Shang dynasty ⓘ
legacy symbol of tyrannical rule in Chinese political thought ⓘ
mother Queen of Shang (wife of Di Yi) ⓘ
name Di Xin ⓘ
King Di Xin ⓘ
portrayedAs cruel ruler ⓘ
debauched ruler ⓘ
tyrant ⓘ
position King of Shang ⓘ
posthumousName Zhou ⓘ
Zhou Wang ⓘ
linked to: King of Zhou

Zhou Xin ⓘ
predecessor King Di Yi ⓘ
reign late 11th century BCE ⓘ
reignEndApprox c. 1046 BCE ⓘ
reignEndCause Zhou conquest ⓘ
reignStartApprox c. 1075 BCE ⓘ
religion Shang religion ⓘ
spouse Daji ⓘ
successor King Wu of Zhou ⓘ
successorState Zhou dynasty ⓘ
templeName Zhou ⓘ

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

Yin → associatedWithRuler → King Di Xin ⓘ
House of Zi → hasNotableMember → King Di Xin ⓘ
King Di Xin → name → King Di Xin ⓘ
Shang forces → commandedBy → King Di Xin ⓘ