Ancient China · Ruler

King You 幽

You

Attested BC 781 - BC 771

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King You was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 781 to BC 771 幽厲微
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 3

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 3

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 121Biographies of Confucian Scholars · 1 passage

夫周室衰而關雎作，幽厲微而禮樂壞，諸侯恣行，政由彊國。 As the Zhou dynasty waned, the ode "Guan Ju" was composed; as Kings You and Li grew feeble, ritual and music fell to ruin. The feudal lords acted as they pleased, and political power rested with the strongest states.