Jiandi

Jiandi (traditional Chinese: 簡狄; simplified Chinese: 简狄; pinyin: Jiǎndí), also with variants 簡易/简易 and 簡逷/简逷, is an important figure in Chinese history and Chinese mythology. She was the second wife of Emperor Ku,[1] who was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. Jiandi was the mother of Qi, the predynastic founder of the Shang dynasty (note that this is a different Qi than the Qi Ji born to Di Ku's first wife Jiang Yuan). Her pregnancy miraculously occurred following her swallowing or holding in her bosom the egg of a black bird (玄鳥).[2] Jiandi was said to be of the Yousong clan.[3] Jiandi is mentioned in various sources, including the poems "Eulogy of Shang", in the Shijing, and the "Heavenly Questions" in the Chuci.[4]

Notes
  1. Yang, 148
  2. Yang, 148-150 and 186
  3. Yang, 148
  4. Yang, 148
gollark: Mildly more efficient.
gollark: You could use base85 instead.
gollark: So I have random local data under `~`, more important stuff under `/data` (synced to my servers, and this includes my meme library, music library, archive folder, my book library and my notes), and `/data/media` on my server(s) containing video-y media.
gollark: My organizational scheme is confused a bit by the lack of space on my laptop's SSD and the fact that some folders are autosynced to my servers.
gollark: I would probably put that kind of information into `/data/archive/stuff.txt` or the random things database on my notes server.

References
  • Yang, Lihui, et al. (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533263-6
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