King of Chu (楚王) | 24 Histories

Overview

King of Chu was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 946 to AD 947 晉末使楚
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 17

Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 17

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 17

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 30Volume 30 Later Han Biographies 10: Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao, Yang Bin, Wang Zhang, Liu Zhu, Li Ye, Nie Wenjin, Hou Zan, Guo Yunming · 1 passage

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前客省使王筠自晉末使楚，至是還，逢吉意筠得楚王重賂，遣人求之，許以一州，筠怏怏，以其橐裝之半獻之。 Wang Jun, once envoy to Chu in Jin’s last days, had now returned. Fengji suspected heavy bribes from the King of Chu and demanded them, again promising a prefecture. Jun, sullen, gave up half his baggage.