Ancient China · Aristocrat

Jizi 箕子

Attested BC 1046

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jizi was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1046 武王伐紂
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 136

Career and standing

Held then released
BC 1046 武王伐紂 · Imprisonment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 136
release from confinement 釋箕子之拘
Released · Authority King Wu (武王)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 136

Places and affiliations

Polity Yin 殷 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 136

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 55, passage 136

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 55House of Marquis of Liu · 1 passage

武王入殷，表商容之閭，釋箕子之拘，封比干之墓。 When King Wu entered the Yin capital, he honored the village gate of Shang Rong, freed Jizi from prison, and raised a memorial mound over the grave of Bigan.