Daji

Daji

Daji (Chinese: 妲己; pinyin: Dájǐ; Wade–Giles: Ta2-chi3; Jyutping: Taan2 Gei2) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daji has received more than 915,175 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Daji is the 3,311th most popular politician (down from 2,924th in 2019).

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.