Ancient China · Ruler

King Wu 武王

Wu Wang

Attested BC 1046

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1046 Cited in banquet remonstrance
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 78

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 37Volume 37: Book of Shu 7: Biographies of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng · 2 passages

先主醉，怒曰：「武王伐紂，前歌后舞，非仁者邪？ Drunk, Liu Bei flared: “King Wu punished Zhou while soldiers sang in front and danced behind—was that inhumane?

備宴酣失時，事同樂禍，自比武王，曾無愧色，此備有非而統無失，其雲「君臣俱失」，蓋分謗之言耳。 Liu Bei was drunk and spoke out of turn, almost gloating; likening himself to King Wu without shame—there the lord erred, not the minister. Calling both “wrong” merely spread blame.