Tai Wu
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Tai Wu(Chinese:Quá mậu) orDa Wu,personal nameZi Mi(Tử mật), was aShang dynastyKing of China.Records of the Grand Historianhe was listed bySima Qianas the ninth Shang king, succeeding his brotherYong Ji(Quá canh). He was enthroned with Bo (Bạc) as his capital. He appointedYishe(Y trắc) andChenhu(Thần hỗ) as his higher officers.
On the 7th year of his reign amulberry tree(Tang) andmillet(Cốc) were found growing together in his palace. According to theRecords of the Grand Historian,surprisingly, they grew to very tall trees within 7 days. This young king was quite scared and turned to Yishe for explanation, which was in regard to the king's former incapable governance. Tai Wu listen to his intelligent ministers and worked diligently; then, those two unusual trees withered very soon after he became a good king.[1]
In the 11th year of his reign, he orderedWu Xian(Vu hàm) to pray atShanchuan(Sơn xuyên). In the 26th year of his reign, the Queen ofWest Rong(Tây Nhung) sent an envoy to Shang, the king later sent Wangmeng (Vương Mạnh) on a return visit. In the 31st year of his reign, he appointedZhongyan(Trung diễn) of Fei vassal (Phí hầu) to the position of Chezheng (Xe chính). In the 35th year of his reign, he wrote a poem called Yanche (Dần xe,"Tiger chariot" or "To revere the chariot" ). In the 46th year of his reign, there was a great harvest of crops. In the 58th year of his reign, he built the city of Pugu (Bồ cô). In the 61st year of his reign, the nine east Barbarians Yi tribes (Đông chín di) sent envoys to Shang.
He ruled for 75 years, was given the posthumous name Tai Wu and was succeeded by his sonZhong Ding(Trọng đinh).[2][3][4]
Oracle scriptinscriptions onbonesunearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the seventh Shang king succeeding his uncleXiao Jia,given the posthumous name Da Wu (Đại mậu) and succeeded by his brotherLü Ji.[3][4]
References
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