Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat and Royal Family Member

Duke Wen of Cai 蔡文公

Cai Wengong

Attested AD 557 - AD 572

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Wen of Cai was an aristocrat and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 572 蔡文公
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 10, passage 167

Works and attributed material

Historian comment · Subject · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 167

Assessments and attributes

Assessment pure filial devotion graced by thrift; towering enough to eclipse earlier worthies · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 167

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 10, passage 167

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 10Volume 10 Biographies 2: Duke Hao of Shaohui; Duke Lian of Qijian; Duke Luosheng of Juzhuang; Duke Zhong of Yuguo · 1 passage

蔡文公之純孝，而飾之以儉約：峩峩焉，足以轥轢於前載矣。 and Duke Wen of Cai's pure filial devotion, graced by thrift: towering figures, enough to eclipse the worthies of earlier ages.