King Wu (武王) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify King Wu as a ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	King Wu	武王	Wu Wang
Personal	Fa	發	Fa
Title	King Wu	武王	Wu Wang
Title	King Wu Fa	武王發	Wu Wang Fa
Title	King Wu of Zhou	周武王	Zhou Wu Wang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:013:s441

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 周武王代殷 · Western Year: BC 1046
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s441

Family

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Child of King Wen (文王)
Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
Parent of Tang Shu Yu (唐叔虞)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
Sibling of Duke of Zhou (周公)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother
Sibling of Shu Zhen Duo (曹叔振鐸)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother
Sibling of Kangshu (康叔)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother
Sibling of Shu Du (蔡叔度)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother