Ancient China · Statesman

Duke of Zhou 周公

Zhou Gong

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke of Zhou was a statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 274

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 274

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 23Volume 23 Biographies 15: Wei Langen; Cui Ling · 1 passage

魏之要幸附會，崔以門地驕很，雖有周公之美，猶以為累德，況未足喻其高下也。 Wei courted the great and the favored; the Cuis leaned on birth and pride — though each bore something of the Duke of Zhou's grace, that still weighed on their moral credit, to say nothing of judging who stood higher or lower.