Ancient China · Official

Bi Gan 比干

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bi Gan was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Cause Trying to do good with tyrants
Directly stated · Book of Han 20, passage 14

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 20, passage 14

Events and relationships

Sought good and was executed
Political · Counselor · With Jie (桀), Zhou (紂)
Directly stated · Book of Han 20, passage 14

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 20Table of Ancient and Modern Persons · 1 passage

桀紂，龍逢、比干欲與之為善則誅，于莘、崇侯與之為惡則行。 By contrast, with Jie and Zhou, Long Feng and Bi Gan were executed for trying to do what was right with them, while Yu Xin and the Marquis of Chong were followed when they proposed evil.