Ancient China · Ruler

King Wu

Wu

Attested BC 1046

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify King Wu as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler
Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King Wu Wu
Title King Wu Wu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 武王克商前後 · Western Year: BC 1046
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0289

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: ruler · Action: continued · Label: retained mutilating punishments / 順而行之 · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Xunzi (孫卿)
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0289

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage