Fu Jing (Shang dynasty)

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Fu Jing
婦妌
Queen of Shang dynasty
Burial
Spouse Wu Ding
Issue Zu Geng
Temple name
Houmuwu (后母戊)
The Houmuwu Sacrificial Vessel HouMuWuDingFullView.jpg
The Houmuwu Sacrificial Vessel

Fu Jing was a Shang dynasty queen of Wu Ding and recipient of the Houmuwu sacrificial vessel. [1]

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Biography

Although Wu Ding reportedly had over 60 wives, he had only three queens: Fu Jing, Fu Hao, and Fu Gui (婦癸). [1] Like Wu Ding's other wives, Fu Jing participated in military expeditions and divined for the state. [2] Some of the divinations Fu Jing conducted focused on procuring millet, so Zheng Zhenxiang has suggested that she was responsible for agricultural management. [1] Fu Jing is often referred to in the oracle bones as Biwu (Chinese :妣戊). [1]

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