Yong Ji Explained

Yong Ji or Lü Ji(呂己), personal name Zi Dian or Zi Zhou, 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: 小甲). 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).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Oracle bone script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the eighth Shang king succeeding his brother Tai Wu (Chinese: 大戊), given the posthumous name Lü Ji (Chinese: 呂己) and succeeded by his nephew Zhong Ding (Chinese: 中丁). The economy began to decline under his rule.

Notes and References

1. Book: Bai, Shouyi . An Outline History of China . 2002 . Foreign Language Press . Beijing . 7-119-02347-0.
2. Web site: The Shang Dynasty Rulers . August 7, 2007 . China Knowledge .
3. Web site: Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship . August 7, 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409215121/http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/Kings.pdf . April 9, 2008 . dead .