Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Danzhu 丹朱

Dānzhū

Dates uncertain

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Danzhu as a named individual and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Danzhu 丹朱 Dānzhū
Personal Dan Zhu 丹朱 Dan Zhu
Title Danzhu 丹朱 Dānzhū
Personal Danzhu 丹朱 Danzhu

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Yao (堯)
    Kinship Term: son · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Origins and identity

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: exemplar · Action: cited-as-model-or-warning · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統十年 · Western Year: AD 544 · Provenance: Mode: document · Source Person Id: Su Chuo (蘇綽)
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0139

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: proud, idle, and debauched; lost his line · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Shun (舜)
    Explicit · shiji:002:s0183

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 34: Virtuous Officials · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 1 passage
Book of Zhou, Chapter 23Volume 23 Biographies 15: Su Chuo · 1 passage