Overview
The translated histories identify King Li as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | King Li | 厲 | Li |
| Given | Hu | 胡 | Hu |
| Title | King Li | 厲 | Li |
| Title | King Li | 厲王 | |
| Title | King Li | ||
| Personal | King Li Hu | 厲王胡 | Li Wang Hu |
| Regnal | Li | 厲 | Li |
| Personal | Li | 厲 | Lì |
| Posthumous | Li | 厲 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:013:s201
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Place: Zhi / 彘 · Manner: died in exile after fleeing / 出奔，遂死於彘Explicit · shiji:013:s201
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · suishu:005:s0061
- Source Date: Text: 厲王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 877 · End: BC 841Explicit · shiji:013:s201
- Source Date: Text: 幽、厲之後 · Western Interval: Start: BC 877 · End: BC 841Explicit · shiji:026:s0030
Career and standing
- Status: exile · Action: enteredExplicit · shiji:013:s201
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Zhou · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:026:s0030
- Polity: Zhou / 周 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:013:s201
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: fled-after-disorder · Place: Zhi / 彘Explicit · shiji:013:s201
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: hated hearing criticism and caused disorder · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · shiji:013:s201
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · suishu:005:s0061
References in the histories
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