Ancient China · Ruler

Chang 昌

Attested BC 1099 - BC 1050

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1099 to BC 1050 昌為文王
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 2-3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Taibo (太伯)
father's elder brother 伯父 · paternal line · Through Jili (季歷)
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 1-2
Kin of Zhongyong (仲雍)
father's elder brother 伯父 · paternal line · Through Jili (季歷)
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 1-2
Child of Jili (季歷)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 2

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 3

Assessments and attributes

sage son 聖子
Assessment sage-son · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 2

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 1
From Chang 昌 · To King Wen 文王
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 3

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 31Genealogies: House of Wu Taibo · 2 passages

季歷賢，而有聖子昌，太王欲立季歷以及昌，於是太伯、仲雍二人乃奔荊蠻，文身斷髮，示不可用，以避季歷。 Jili was worthy and had the sage son Chang, so King Tai wanted to establish Jili and then Chang. Taibo and Zhongyong therefore fled to the Jing Man, tattooed their bodies, and cut their hair to show they could not be used, thereby yielding the succession to Jili.

季歷果立，是為王季，而昌為文王。 Jili was indeed established, and he became King Ji, while Chang became King Wen.