Daji

Daji

Daji (Chinese: 妲己; pinyin: Dájǐ; Wade–Giles: Ta2-chi3) was the favourite consort of King Zhou of Shang, the last king of the Shang dynasty in ancient China. In legends and fictions, she is portrayed as a malevolent fox spirit who kills and impersonates the real Daji. Her identification as a fox spirit seems to have originated from at least the Tang dynasty. These accounts have been popularized in works such as the Wu Wang Fa Zhou Pinghua (武王伐紂平話), the Fengshen Yanyi, and the Lieguo Zhi. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Daji is the 4,088th most popular politician (down from 3,465th in 2024).

Daji is most famous for being the concubine of King Zhou of Shang. Daji was said to be a beautiful woman with a huge appetite, who ate daily a thousand cattle, a thousand sheep, and a thousand pigs. She was eventually killed by the king's son, Prince Jilian, for her insatiable appetite.