Ancient China · Ruler

King Cheng 成王

Chéng Wáng

Attested BC 1042 - BC 1021

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Cheng was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1042 to BC 1021 成王少
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 5-6, 8, 14

Career and standing

Was young
Minor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 5

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 5, 14

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 37House of Wei Kang Shu · 4 passages

武王既崩，成王少。 King Wu had already died, and King Cheng was still young.

周公旦代成王治，當國。 The Duke of Zhou, Dan, governed in King Cheng's stead and took charge of the state.

周公旦以成王命興師伐殷，殺武庚祿父、管叔，放蔡叔，以武庚殷餘民封康叔為衛君，居河、淇閒故商墟。 At King Cheng’s command, the Duke of Zhou Dan raised troops against Yin, killed Wu Geng Lu Fu and Guan Shu, banished Cai Shu, and with Wu Geng’s remaining Yin people enfeoffed Kang Shu as lord of Wei, to dwell in the former Shang ruins between the He and Qi rivers.

成王長，用事，舉康叔為周司寇，賜衛寶祭器，以章有德。 When King Cheng grew up and took charge of affairs, he raised Kang Shu to be Zhou's Minister of Crime and granted Wei precious sacrificial vessels to display Kang Shu's virtue.