Hou Ji

ancestor of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
Person human Q1207613
Hou Ji
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Hou Ji

Summary

Hou Ji is a human[1]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month, #7,242 of 1,000,298).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hou Ji's father was Emperor Ku[3].
  • Hou Ji's mother was Jiang Yuan[4].
  • A child of Hou Ji was Buzhu[5].
  • Hou Ji's image is recorded as 后稷.png[6].
  • Hou Ji is recorded as male[7].
  • Hou Ji's instance of is recorded as human[8].
  • Hou Ji's instance of is recorded as human whose existence is disputed[9].
  • Hou Ji's Commons category is recorded as Hou Ji[10].
  • Hou Ji's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dscbnl[11].
  • Hou Ji's family name is recorded as Jī[12].
  • Hou Ji's Rodovid ID is recorded as 1443298[13].
  • Hou Ji's Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID is recorded as A017996[14].
  • Hou Ji's sibling is recorded as Yao[15].
  • Hou Ji's sibling is recorded as Xie of Shang[16].
  • Hou Ji's sibling is recorded as Emperor Zhi[17].
  • Hou Ji's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 후직[18].
  • Hou Ji's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 401551[19].
  • Hou Ji's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 143618[20].

Body

Origins and Family

Hou Ji's father was Emperor Ku[3]. His mother was Jiang Yuan[4].

Personal Life

A child of Hou Ji was Buzhu[5].

Why It Matters

Hou Ji ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month, #7,242 of 1,000,298).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

Who were Hou Ji's parents?

Hou Ji's father was Emperor Ku[3]. Hou Ji's mother was Jiang Yuan[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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