Overview
The translated histories identify Jizi as an aristocrat, named individual, official, and philosopher. This record brings together 10 passages from 10 chapters across 7 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Jizi | 箕子 | Jizi |
| Personal name | Jizi | 箕子 | Jizi |
| Title | Jizi | 箕子 | Jīzǐ |
| Personal name | Jizi | 箕子 | Jīzǐ |
| Personal name | Jizi | 箕子 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0045, jiuwudaishi:141:s0002
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:076:s0313, jiuwudaishi:140:s0003, liangshu:016:s0176, liaoshi:049:s0014, shiji:023:s0078, shiji:080:s0095
- Value: maleExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0213
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Named Individual
- Official
- Philosopher
- Royal Family Member
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Teacher
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0045, liaoshi:049:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 商周之際 · Western Year: c. BC 1046Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:028:s0213
- Source Date: Text: 商末 · Western Year: BC 1100Explicit · liangshu:016:s0176
- Source Date: Text: 囚箕子 · Western Year: BC 1046Strongly inferred · shiji:023:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 昔武王克商，以箕子歸 · Western Year: BC 1046Explicit · jiuwudaishi:141:s0002
- Source Date: Text: 武王之得箕子 · Western Year: BC 1046Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:140:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 紂之時，箕子不用 · Western Year: BC 1046Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0095
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity: Shang Chinese / 商Strongly inferred · liaoshi:049:s0014
Career and standing
- Explicit · shiji:023:s0078
Places and affiliations
- Label: Shang / 商 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · shiji:023:s0078
- Polity: Zhou · Unresolved: trueExplicit · hanshu:117:s0256
- Place: Korea / 朝鮮 · Relation: associated-withExplicit · liaoshi:049:s0014
Works and attributed material
- Work: Eight Precepts / 八條之教 · Relation: authorExplicit · liaoshi:049:s0014
- Kind: classical-exemplum · Role: source-of-teaching · Source Person Id: Lu Pi (魯丕) · Provenance: Mode: quoted-by-memorial · Speaker Person Id: Lu Pi (魯丕)Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0213
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: adviser · Action: presented-nine-categories · Other Person Id: King Wu of Zhou (武王)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:140:s0003
- Kind: political · Role: remonstrator · Action: remonstrated · Other Person Id: King Zhou of Shang (紂)Explicit · shiji:080:s0095
- Relation: minister-of · Person Id: King Zhou of Shang (紂)Strongly inferred · shiji:023:s0078
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0045
- Historicity: legendaryStrongly inferred · liaoshi:049:s0014
- Statement: Traces of Jizi's Eight Precepts and customs survived in Liao lands that had once been Korean soilExplicit · liaoshi:049:s0014
References in the histories
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