Tai Si

Tai Si
太姒
Tai Si depicted by Qing dynasty painter Jiao Bingzhen
SpouseKing Wen of Zhou
IssueBoyi Kao
Fa, King Wu of Zhou
Guan Shu Xian
Dan, Duke of Zhou
Cai Shu Du
Cao Shu Zhen Duo
Cheng Shu Wu
Huo Shu Chu
Kang Shu Feng
Ran Ji Zai, Ruler of Dan
Tai Si
Chinese太姒
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTài Sì
Wade–GilesT'ai4 Ssu4
IPA[tʰâɪ sî]
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)thāts lhǝ́

Tai Si (Chinese: 太姒, c. 12th – 11th century BC) was the wife of King Wen of Zhou and is revered as a highly respected woman of ancient China. She was a descendant of Yu the Great – founder of the Xia dynasty – and was the mother of ten sons, including King Wu of Zhou – founder of the Zhou dynasty – and his younger brother the Duke of Zhou.

Particularly respected by Wu Zetian, China's only Empress regnant, Tai Si and King Wen were posthumously given the temple names "Shizu" (Chinese: 始祖; lit. 'founding ancestor') in 690 AD.