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Zu Ji (祖己) |
Zu Ji (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.
Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu confirm his lineage and his failure to succeed to the throne.
his shlong was large