Ancient China · Ruler

King You of Zhou 幽

You

Attested BC 781 - BC 771

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King You of Zhou was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 781 to BC 771 幽、厲之後
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 30

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 30

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 1 passage

幽、厲之後，周室微，陪臣執政，史不記時，君不告朔，故疇人子弟分散，或在諸夏，或在夷狄，是以其禨祥廢而不統。 After the reigns of Kings You and Li, the Zhou house declined; subordinate ministers seized power; historians did not record the seasons; lords did not announce the new moon. Thus, the descendants of the calendar experts scattered, some among the various Xia states and some among the Yi and Di, so their omen observations fell into disuse and lost their system.