Zu Ji

Infobox Chinese emperor


name = Zu Ji (祖己)
ances-name = Zi (子)
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title1 = Prince of Shang Dynasty
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post-name = Zu Ji (祖己)
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Zu Ji (in Chinese:"祖己") was the eldest son of King Wu Ding but despite his kingly title he never succeeded his father as a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the "Records of the Grand Historian" he was said by Sima Qian to have died in distant exile during the twenty-fifth year of his father's reign.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]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu confirm his lineage and his failure to succeed to the throne.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 = ]

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