Ancient China · Teacher and Aristocrat

Ancestor of Chu 楚之先

Attested BC 1100 - BC 1050

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ancestor of Chu as an aristocrat and teacher. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ancestor of Chu 楚之先
Descriptive kinship ancestors of Chu 楚之先
Descriptive kinship their forebear

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Anonymous individuated
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 在周為文王師 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1100 · End: BC 1050
    Explicit · shiji:116:s0074

Career and standing

  • Title: lord of Chu / 封楚 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · shiji:116:s0074

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 116Treatise on the Southwestern Yi People · 2 passages