Di Yi

Di Yi 帝みかど乙おつ
King of Shang dynasty
Reign	1101–1076 BC
Predecessor	Wen Ding
Successor	King Zhou of Shang
Died	1076 BC
Issue	Weizi of Song Weizhong of Song Di Xin
Father	Wen Ding

Di Yi (Chinese: 帝みかど乙おつ), personal name Zi Xian (Chinese: 子こ羨とも), was a king of the Shang dynasty from 1101 BC to 1076 BC. His capital was at Yin.

Records

According to the Bamboo Annals, in the third year of his reign, he ordered Nanzhong(南仲みなみなか) to fight Kun Barbarians and built Shuofang (朔ついたち方かた, roughly modern Ordos in Inner Mongolia) in the middle of Kun territory after winning a battle. He also fought the Renfang according to oracle bone records (see the Dongyi),

The king was the older brother of Jizi and Bigan.

Sons

• Weiziqi (Chinese: 微ほろ子こ啟けい), Di Yi's eldest son. After the Shang succumbed to the Zhou dynasty, he was awarded the state of Song.
• Weizhong (Chinese: 微ほろ仲なか), Di Yi's second son, the second ruler of Song.
• King Zhou of Shang, Di Yi's youngest son, the last Shang king