Overview
The translated histories identify Goujian as a ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 7 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Goujian | 勾踐 | Goujian |
| Personal | Goujian | 句踐 | Goujian |
| Personal name | Goujian | 勾踐 | Gōujiàn |
| Personal name | Goujian | 句踐 | Goujian |
| Personal name | Goujian | 句踐 | Gōu Jiàn |
| Personal name | Goujian | 句踐 | Gōujiàn |
| Personal | Goujian | 句踐 | Gōujiàn |
| Title | King Goujian of Yue | 粵王勾踐 | Yuè wáng Gōujiàn |
| Title | King Goujian of Yue | 越王句踐 | |
| Title | King Goujian of Yue | 越王句踐 | Yuè Wáng Gōujiàn |
| Title | King of Yue | 粵王 | Yue Wang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:103:s0032, shiji:127:s0064
- Sex: male
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 十年國富…報強吳 · Western Interval: Start: BC 494 · End: BC 473Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:103:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 句踐 · Western Interval: Start: BC 496 · End: BC 465Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:108:s0121
- Source Date: Text: 句踐 · Western Interval: Start: BC 496 · End: BC 465Explicit · shiji:084:s0191
- Source Date: Text: 昔粵王勾踐困於會稽之上 · Western Year: BC 494Explicit · hanshu:103:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 越王句踐…霸天下 · Western Interval: Start: BC 496 · End: BC 465Explicit · shiji:127:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 越王句踐 · Western Interval: Start: BC 496 · End: BC 465Explicit · shiji:114:s0001
Family
- Ancestor of Yao (搖)Kinship Term: descendant / 後 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Wuzhu (亡諸)Kinship Term: descendant / 後 · Line: paternal
Career and standing
- Title: King of Yue / 越王 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:127:s0064
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Yue / 粵 · Relation: ruledExplicit · hanshu:103:s0032
- Polity: Yue / 越 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:127:s0064
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: ruler · Action: besieged-at · Place: Mount Kuaiji / 會稽Explicit · hanshu:103:s0032
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-enemies-and-became-hegemonExplicit · shiji:127:s0064
- Kind: military · Role: ruler · Action: defeated · Place: Wu / 吳 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年國富 · Western Interval: Start: BC 494 · End: BC 473Explicit · hanshu:103:s0035
- Relation: followed-example-of · Person Id: King Wen of Zhou (周文王)Explicit · shiji:127:s0064
- Type: ruler-of-minister · Person Id: Xie Yong (洩庸)Explicit · hanshu:065:s0333
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: once styled himself hegemon · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:114:s0080
References in the histories
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