| Tai Si 太姒 | |
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 Tai Si depicted by Qing dynasty painter Jiao Bingzhen | |
| Spouse | King Wen of Zhou |
| Issue | Boyi 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 |
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| Chinese | 太姒 | ||||||||||||||
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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.