Ancient China · Ruler

King Wen 周文王

Zhou Wenwang

Attested BC 1150 - BC 1050

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wen was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1150 to BC 1050 文、武
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 284, passage 31

Works and attributed material

Allusion · Subject of allusion · Speaker Ming Taizu (明太祖)
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 31

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 284Volume 284 Biographies 172: Confucian Scholars 3 · 1 passage

賜之誥曰：「古之聖人，自羲、農至於文、武，法天治民，明並日月，德化之盛莫有加焉。 He was given an investiture patent that read: "The sages of old—from Fu Xi and Shen Nong to King Wen and King Wu—governed the people on Heaven's pattern; their brilliance rivaled the sun and moon, and none surpassed the reach of their virtue and transforming power.