Ancient China · Honored Sage and Ritual Correlate

King Wenxuan 文宣王

Wenxuan Wang

Attested BC 551 - BC 479

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Overview

King Wenxuan was a Honored Sage and Ritual Correlate.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Life and dates

Attested activity

Events and relationships

  • Had accompanying spirit position
    AD 1056 to AD 1063 嘉祐中 · Ritual · Accompanying spirit · Commemorative Song ritual context
    Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 131
  • Received great sacrifice
    AD 1157 紹興二十七年 · Ritual · Honoree · Song ritual list date is commemorative
    Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 85

Source notes

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 98Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 · 2 passages
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二十七年，禮部太常寺言：「每歲大祀三十六，除天地、宗廟、社稷、感生帝、九宮貴神、高禖、文宣王等已行外，其餘並乞寓祠齋宮。」 In the twenty-seventh year (1157), the Ministry of Rites and Court of Imperial Sacrifices reported: 'There are thirty-six great sacrifices each year. Apart from those already performed—Heaven and Earth, ancestral temples, altars of soil and grain, the Life-Generating Thearch, the Nine Palaces Noble Spirit, the High Mei, and King Wenxuan—we request that the remainder be performed by surrogate sacrifice at the Abstinence Palace.'