Ancient China · Ruler

Great King 大王

Dawang

Attested BC 1150 - BC 1100

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Great King as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Great King 大王 Dawang
Title Great King 大王 Dawang
Title Great King 大王 Da Wang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大王命季歷 · Western Year: BC 1120
    Explicit · shiji:013:s0064
  • Western Interval: Start: BC 1150 · End: BC 1100 · Source Date: Text: 梁惠王謀欲攻趙,孟軻稱大王去邠。
    Strongly inferred · shiji:074:s0042

Events and relationships

  • Kind: migration · Role: subject · Action: departed from Bin · Place: Bin / 邠
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0042
  • Relation: commander-of · Person Id: Ji Li (季歷) · Note: commanded Ji Li to illuminate heavenly omens / 命季歷,明天瑞
    Explicit · shiji:013:s0064

References in the histories

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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 · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing · 1 passage