Ancient China · Ruler

King You

You

Attested BC 781 - BC 771

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify King You as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King You You
Title King You You
Title King You 幽王 You Wang
Title King You 幽王
Personal You Yōu
Posthumous You

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 幽、厲之後 · Western Interval: Start: BC 781 · End: BC 771
    Explicit · shiji:026:s0030

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 65Volume 56: Dong Zhongshu · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 1 passage