Ancient China · Zhou Dynastic Founder

King Wen 文王

Wen Wang

Attested BC 1100 - BC 1050

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wen was a Zhou Dynastic Founder.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1100 to BC 1050 文、武之時
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 118

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exemplary-conquest-timing · Mode named-speech Speaker Meng Ke (孟軻)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 118

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34House of Yan Shaogong · 1 passage

孟軻謂齊王曰：「今伐燕，此文、武之時，不可失也。」 Meng Ke said to the King of Qi: "Now to attack Yan—this is the time of King Wen and King Wu. We must not miss this opportunity."