Ancient China · Ancient Recluse

Chao Fu 巢父

Cháo Fù

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 8
Chapters: 5
Histories: 4

Overview

Chao Fu was an Ancient Recluse.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Chao	巢	Chao

Life and dates

Attested activity

巢由
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 87
legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 258; Book of Chen 24, passage 24; Book of Later Han 94, passages 86, 291; Old History of the Five Dynasties 119, passage 155

Key source chapters

Book of Later Han, Chapter 94 Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits 3 passages
History of Jin, Chapter 127 Volume 127 Biographies 65: Xiao You, Wendihanwolubu, Chen Yan, Liu Yu, Meng Xing, Wang Zhen, Liu Zheng, Yin Yi, Chu Chengliang, Wang Qufei, Zhao Zhi, Du Shisheng, Hao Tianting, Xue Jiyuan, Gao Zhongzhen, Zhang Qian, Wang Rumei, Song Ke, Xin Yuan, Wang Yuke 2 passages
Book of Chen, Chapter 19 Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu 1 passage
Book of Chen, Chapter 24 Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 119 Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 1 passage

Assessments and attributes

Assessment cited as model outer subjects · Mode quotation Speaker Zhao Zhi (趙質)
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 87

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 24

References in the histories

Search passages

History

8 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 19Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu · 1 passage

樞肆志尋覽，殆將周遍，乃喟然歎曰：「吾聞貴爵位者以巢、由為桎梏，愛山林者以伊、呂為管庫，束名實則芻芥柱下之言，翫清虛則糠秕席上之說，稽之篤論，亦各從其好也。 Shu read through them almost entirely and sighed: "I hear that men who prize office take Chao Fu and Xu You as shackles, and men who love the hills take Yi and Lü as storekeepers; those who bind name to fact treat Laozi as straw, and those who play at emptiness treat banquet talk as chaff. In earnest judgment each follows his own bent.

Book of Chen, Chapter 24Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian · 1 passage

夫以廟堂、汾水，殊途而同歸，稷、契、巢、許，異名而一貫，出者稱為元首，處者謂之外臣，莫不內外相資，表裏成治，斯蓋萬代同規，百王不易者也。 Temple and Fen River were different roads to the same end; Ji, Qi, Chao, and Xu were different names for the same principle. Those who served at court were called chiefs; those who withdrew were outer ministers. Inner and outer always supported each other until government was whole. That was the rule for all ages, unchanged by the hundred kings.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 3 passages

博士范升奏毁党曰：“臣闻尧不须许由、巢父，而建号天下； Erudite Fan Sheng attacked him: "Yao needed neither Xu You nor Chao Father to rule the world;

光又眠不应，良久，乃张目熟视，曰：“昔唐尧著德，巢父洗耳。 Yan kept his eyes shut, then opened them slowly: "When Yao shone with virtue, Chao Father still washed the taint from his ears.

方今明明，四海开辟，巢、许无为箕山，夷、齐悔入首阳。 Today the sage shines and the seas are open—Chao and Xu need not idle on Ji Ridge; Bo and Yi would rue Shouyang.

History of Jin, Chapter 127Volume 127 Biographies 65: Xiao You, Wendihanwolubu, Chen Yan, Liu Yu, Meng Xing, Wang Zhen, Liu Zheng, Yin Yi, Chu Chengliang, Wang Qufei, Zhao Zhi, Du Shisheng, Hao Tianting, Xue Jiyuan, Gao Zhongzhen, Zhang Qian, Wang Rumei, Song Ke, Xin Yuan, Wang Yuke · 2 passages

況聖明在上，可不容巢、由為外臣乎。」 Moreover, with a sage sovereign on the throne, surely men like Chao Fu and Xu You may be tolerated as subjects beyond the court?"

其詩有雲：「黃綺暫來為漢友，巢由終不是唐臣。」 Among his poems is the line: "Huang and Qi came for a time as friends of Han; Chao and You in the end were not ministers of Tang."

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 119Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 · 1 passage

昔唐堯之至聖，有巢、許為外臣，朕雖寡薄，庶遵前鑒。 Of old the sage Yao had Youchao and Xu as ministers beyond the court; We, though meager, would follow that example.