Ancient China · Royal Family Member and Statesman

Duke of Zhou 周公

Zhōu Gōng

Attested c. BC 1046 - c. BC 1000

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke of Zhou was a Royal Family Member and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 1046 to c. BC 1000 周初康叔、周公、武王之际
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 53, 57-58

Family

Sibling of King Wu (武王)
kinsman 親屬 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 57
Sibling of Kang Shu (康叔)
kinsman 親屬 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 57

Career and standing

one of the Three Dukes 三公
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 58

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Zhou 西周 · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 53
At suburban altar 郊 · Relation Ritual at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 53

Events and relationships

Sacrificed to Heaven at suburban altar
Ritual · Officiant
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 53
Relation Assistant to · Person King Cheng (成王)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 57

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 53

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 60House of the Three Kings · 3 passages

周公祭天命郊，故魯有白牡、騂剛之牲。 The Duke of Zhou performed the sacrifice to Heaven at the suburban altar, and for this reason the state of Lu was granted the privilege of using white bulls and red sacrificial animals.

臣青翟、臣湯、博士臣將行等伏聞康叔親屬有十，武王繼體，周公輔成王，其八人皆以祖考之尊建為大國。 We, your servants Qing Di, Tang, and the Erudite Jiang Xing, among others, have heard that among Kang Shu's ten kinsmen, King Wu succeeded to the throne and the Duke of Zhou assisted King Cheng, while the other eight were all established as lords of great states by virtue of their ancestors' eminence.

康叔之年幼，周公在三公之位，而伯禽據國於魯，蓋爵命之時，未至成人。 Kang Shu was young in years, and the Duke of Zhou held the position of one of the Three Dukes, while Bo Qin governed the state of Lu—at the time they received their titles and mandates, they had not yet reached adulthood.