Daji

Daji and the Creation of the Gods is a major inspiration for Chinese Cosplayers

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

Daji and the Creation of the Gods is a major inspiration for Chinese Cosplayers

I Ain't Sayin' She's a Gold Digger 2007

In one story, Zhou Xin (紂辛), last ruler of the Shang Dynasty, married Daji (妲己), whose body was possessed by a fox spirit (hulijing 狐狸精) with nine tails.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

And a Chinese painter, Li Zou, recently displayed her series of paintings depicting 100 concubines of Chinese history, including Daji:

I Ain't Sayin' She's a Gold Digger 2007

And a Chinese painter, Li Zou, recently displayed her series of paintings depicting 100 concubines of Chinese history, including Daji:

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

In one story, Zhou Xin (紂辛), last ruler of the Shang Dynasty, married Daji (妲己), whose body was possessed by a fox spirit (hulijing 狐狸精) with nine tails.

I Ain't Sayin' She's a Gold Digger 2007

Moreover, in the infamous episode in which Zhou has the heart of the loyal minister Bi Gan [omission: Chinese characters] cut out, Liu says it is because Daji claimed she had heard that the heart of a sage has seven cavities; in the earlier version recounted in The Grand Scribe's Records, it is Zhou himself who wants to count the cavities in Bi Gan's heart.

Empresses and Consorts 1999

When this is compared with the account in Liu Xiang's Biographies of Women, however, we find in the latter version that Daji laughed when someone fell into the coals.

Empresses and Consorts 1999

This version does not directly link Daji with the heated pole.

Empresses and Consorts 1999

Liu Xiang's purpose is to demonstrate how infatuation with a beautiful and debauched woman can lead to the downfall of the ruling house, and he has shifted the balance of responsibility slightly but significantly toward Daji. 82 Following the death of Empress Zhen [omission: Chinese characters] of Wei, we find the balance tipped even farther in a memorial presented to Emperor

Empresses and Consorts 1999