Ancient China · Scholar and Royal Family Member

Jizi 箕子

Attested BC 1100 - BC 1046

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jizi was a scholar and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1100 to BC 1046 箕子蓋嘗言之
Directly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6

Places and affiliations

Polity Shang 商 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 23, passage 6

Works and attributed material

Hong Fan 洪範
Relation Attributed speaker
Directly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6
With obscurity, constant wind follows 蒙，恆風若
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6
With respect, seasonable rain follows 肅，時雨若
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6

Assessments and attributes

Assessment surely spoke the Hong Fan correspondences of respect with seasonable rain and obscurity with constant wind · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 23Volume 23 Treatises 4: Five Elements · 1 passage

謂其不然，「肅，時雨若」、「蒙，恆風若」之類，箕子蓋嘗言之。 to hold it wholly false—sayings such as "With respect, seasonable rain follows" and "With obscurity, constant wind follows"—Jizi surely spoke them.