Ancient China · Ruler

Duke Li Tuo 厲公佗

Li Gong Tuo

First attested BC 752; died BC 698

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Li Tuo was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

BC 698 七年
killed 殺
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 40

Attested activity

BC 698 七年...殺厲公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 40
BC 703 厲公二年，生子敬仲完
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 30
BC 752 文公元年...生子佗
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 22

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Duke Wen Yu (文公圉)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 22
Child of Cai wife of Duke Wen (文公蔡女)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passages 22, 28
Parent of Jing Zhong Wan (敬仲完)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 30
Spouse of Cai wife of Duke Li (厲公蔡女)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 39
Sibling of Duke Huan Bao (桓公鮑)
younger brother 弟 · Paternal half siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 28

Career and standing

厲公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 28

Events and relationships

Commissioned divination
Ritual · Commissioner · With Grand Scribe of Zhou (周太史)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 31
Licentious travel to Cai
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 39

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 7 passages

文公元年，取蔡女，生子佗。 In the first year of Duke Wen's reign, he married a Cai woman and had a son named Tuo.

桓公弟佗，其母蔡女，故蔡人為佗殺五父及桓公太子免而立佗，是為厲公。 Duke Huan's younger brother Tuo, whose mother was a Cai woman: the Cai people killed Wu Fu and Duke Huan's crown prince Mian on Tuo's behalf, then established Tuo, who became Duke Li.

厲公二年，生子敬仲完。 In the second year of Duke Li's reign, he had a son named Jing Zhong Wan.

周太史過陳，陳厲公使以《周易》筮之，卦得觀之否：「是為觀國之光，利用賓于王。 The Grand Scribe of Zhou passed through Chen, and Duke Li of Chen had him divine using the Zhou Yi. The hexagram obtained was Guan changing to Pi: 'This is to observe the light of the state; it is beneficial to be a guest at the king's court.

厲公取蔡女，蔡女與蔡人亂，厲公數如蔡淫。 Duke Li married a Cai woman, but the Cai woman had illicit relations with Cai people. Duke Li frequently went to Cai to be licentious.

七年，厲公所殺桓公太子免之三弟，長曰躍，中曰林，少曰杵臼，共令蔡人誘厲公以好女，與蔡人共殺厲公而立躍，是為利公。 In the seventh year, the three younger brothers of Crown Prince Mian of Duke Huan, whom Duke Li had killed—the eldest named Yue, the middle named Lin, the youngest named Chu Jiu—together commanded the Cai people to lure Duke Li with beautiful women, and together with the Cai people killed Duke Li and established Yue, who became Duke Ligong.

御寇素愛厲公子完，完懼禍及己，乃奔齊。 Yu Kou had always loved Duke Li's son Wan. Wan feared that calamity would reach him, so he fled to the state of Qi.