Overview
Kangshu was a Royal Family Member.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityUncertain · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- legendary antiquityDirectly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 184
- c. BC 1045 to c. BC 1000 周Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 33, 44
- BC 1042 to BC 1035 周公之善康叔Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 34, passage 55
- c. BC 1046 to c. BC 1000 周初康叔、周公、武王之际Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 52, 57-59
- BC 1046 康叔Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 112
- BC 1046 to BC 1000 衛康叔Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 58
Family
- Sibling of King Wu (武王)kinsman 親屬 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 57
- Sibling of Duke of Zhou (周公)kinsman 親屬 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 57
- Sibling of King Wu of Zhou (武王)younger brother 弟 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 112
- Kinship Role kinsmen · Count 10Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 44, 52, 57
- Kinship Role fellow kinsmen established as great states · Count 8Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 57
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 60 House of the Three Kings 6 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 90 Volume 79: Feng Fengshi 1 passage
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 34 Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou 1 passage
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13 Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties 1 passage
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 31 Genealogies: House of Wu Taibo 1 passage
Career and standing
- Lord of Wei 衛First enfeoffed · At Wei 衛Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 112
Places and affiliations
- Polity Wei 衛 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 58
- Polity Western Zhou 西周 · Relation Active inStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 57
- Polity Zhou 周 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 33
Events and relationships
- Became feudal lord of established statePolitical · Enfeoffed lordDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 33
- Defended againstDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 59
- Did not join Guan and Cai revoltPolitical · LoyalistDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 34, passage 55
- Relation Opponent of · Person Lu Fu (祿父)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 59
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment honored-for-virtue · Mode quotation Speaker The EmperorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 52
- Assessment honored-for-virtue · Mode speaker-attribution Speaker Emperor (皇帝)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 44
- Assessment virtue like the Wei airs: worried but not distressed · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Jizha (季札)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 58
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 52
References in the histories
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