Ancient China · Ruler

King Wen 文

Attested BC 1050 - BC 1046

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wen was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1050 to BC 1046 文
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 251

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 251

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

鄭氏謂：『太祖及文、武不祧之廟與親廟四，為七。』 Master Zheng held that the Grand Ancestor and the temples of Wen and Wu never moved to distant-line status, together with four direct-line temples, make seven.