Ancient China · Family Member

Gouwang 句望

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gouwang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 155

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Jingkang (敬康)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 155
Parent of Qiaoniu (橋牛)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 155

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 155

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 1Annals of the Five Emperors · 1 passage

重華父曰瞽叟，瞽叟父曰橋牛，橋牛父曰句望，句望父曰敬康，敬康父曰窮蟬，窮蟬父曰帝顓頊，顓頊父曰昌意：以至舜七世矣。 Chonghua’s father was Gu Sou, whose father was Qiaoniu, whose father was Gouwang, whose father was Jingkang, whose father was Qiongchan, whose father was Emperor Zhuanxu, whose father was Changyi—seven generations from Shun to Zhuanxu.