Ji Zi

Jizi

Sculpture of Jizi in Perak, Malaysia

Chinese name

箕子

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīzǐ
Wade–Giles	Chi-tzu

Korean name

Hangul

기자

Hanja

箕子

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Gija
McCune–Reischauer	Kija

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīzǐ
Wade–Giles	Chi-tzu

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Gija
McCune–Reischauer	Kija

Monarchs of Korea Gija Joseon
Gija 1122 BCE－1082 BCE King Song 1082 BCE－1057 BCE King Sun 1057 BCE－1030 BCE King Bak 1030 BCE－1000 BCE King Ch'un 1000 BCE－972 BCE King Gong 972 BCE－968 BCE King Chang 968 BCE－957 BCE King Ch'ak 957 BCE－943 BCE King Jo 943 BCE－925 BCE King Sak 925 BCE－896 BCE King Sa 896 BCE－843 BCE King Ryun 843 BCE－793 BCE King Wul 793 BCE－778 BCE King Jik 778 BCE－776 BCE King U 776 BCE－761 BCE King Mok 761 BCE－748 BCE King P'yung 748 BCE－722 BCE King Gwul 722 BCE－703 BCE King Whe 703 BCE－675 BCE King Jon 675 BCE－658 BCE King Hyo 658 BCE－634 BCE King Yang 634 BCE－615 BCE King I 615 BCE－594 BCE King Ch'am 594 BCE－578 BCE King Gon 578 BCE－560 BCE King Sak 560 BCE－519 BCE King Yö 519 BCE－503 BCE King Gang 503 BCE－486 BCE King Hon 486 BCE－465 BCE King Pyuk 465 BCE－432 BCE King Jeung 432 BCE－413 BCE King Jil 413 BCE－385 BCE King Seup 385 BCE－369 BCE King Ha 369 BCE－361 BCE King Wha 361 BCE－342 BCE King Ho 342 BCE－315 BCE King Uk 315 BCE－290 BCE King Suk 290 BCE－251 BCE King Yun 251 BCE－232 BCE King Bu 232 BCE－220 BCE King Jun 220 BCE－195 BCE

Jizi or Qizi (Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: Chi-tzu, Gija or Kija in Korean) was a semi-legendary Chinese sage who is said to have ruled Gija Joseon in the 11th century BCE. Early Chinese documents like the Book of Documents and the Bamboo Annals described him as a virtuous relative of the last king of the Shang dynasty who was punished for remonstrating with the king. After Shang was overthrown by Zhou in the 1040s BCE, he allegedly gave political advice to King Wu, the first Zhou king. Chinese texts from the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) onwards claimed that King Wu enfeoffed Jizi as ruler of Chaoxian (朝鮮, pronounced "Joseon" in Korean). According to the Book of Han (1st century CE), Jizi brought agriculture, sericulture, and many other facets of Chinese civilization to Joseon. Gija was Chinese.

Gija (the Korean pronunciation of "Jizi") may have been the object of a state cult in sixth-century Goguryeo, and a mausoleum to him was established in Goryeo in 1102, but the first extant Korean text to mention Gija was the Samguk Sagi (1145). Starting in the late thirteenth century, Gija was fully integrated into Korean history, being described as a successor to the descendants of Dangun in the state of Old Joseon. Following the spread of Neo-Confucianism in Korea in the fourteenth century, scholars of the Joseon Dynasty (est. 1392) promoted Gija as a culture hero who had raised Korean civilization to the same level as China, and Gija became an integral part of Korean cultural identity.

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