Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Gong Liu 公劉

Attested BC 1200 - BC 1100

Passages
5
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Gong Liu as a clan leader, named individual, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gong Liu 公劉 Gong Liu
Title Duke Liu 公劉 Gong Liu
Personal name Gong Liu 公劉 Gong Liu

Identity

Historicity
Uncertain
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Clan Leader
  • Named Individual
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Descendant of Ji (稷)
    Kinship Term: ancestor / 先 · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: ancestral founder before Gong Liu / 後稷 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Qingjie (慶節)
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
  • Child of Ju (鞠)
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
  • Ancestor of King Wen of Zhou (周文王)
    Kinship Term: Zhou ancestral line · Line: paternal

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 67Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 74Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 99Biographies of Liu Jing and Shusun Tong · 1 passage