Ancient China · Ruler

King Wen 文

Wen

Attested c. BC 1100 - c. BC 1050

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wen was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 1100 to c. BC 1050 文武之道
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 40, passage 93

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 93

Events and relationships

Way weighed by Duke of Zhou
Exemplar · Founding model
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 93

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 40Volume 35: Biographies of Zhang, Cao, Zheng · 1 passage

先帝已詔曹褒，今陛下但奉而成之，猶周公斟酌文武之道，非自為制，誠無所疑。 The late emperor commissioned Cao Bao; you need only enact his work, as the Duke of Zhou adjusted Wen and Wu without inventing law—there is no real doubt here.