Ancient China · Ruler

Duke Xuan of Lu 魯宣公

Lǔ Xuāngōng

Attested BC 608 - BC 591

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Duke Xuan of Lu as a ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Duke Xuan of Lu 魯宣公 Lǔ Xuāngōng
Posthumous name Duke Xuan 宣公 Xuāngōng
Title Duke Xuan 宣公 Xuan Gong
Title Duke Xuan of Lu 魯宣公 Lǔ Xuāngōng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 春秋 · Western Interval: Start: BC 608 · End: BC 591
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:002:s0133
  • Source Date: Text: 魯宣公「初稅畝」 · Western Year: BC 594
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0083

Career and standing

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: criticized for first taxing per mu · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Spring and Autumn Annals / 春秋
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0083

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 26Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage