Dates uncertain · Official

Long Feng 龍逢

Longfeng

Dates uncertain

Passages: 6
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Long Feng as an official. This record brings together 6 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Long Feng	龍逢	Longfeng
Personal	Guan Longfeng	關龍逢	Guan Longfeng
Personal	Guan Longpeng	關龍逢	Guan Longpeng
Personal name	Long Feng	龍逢	Lóngféng
Alternate	Longpeng	龍逢	Longpeng

Identity

Historicity: Uncertain
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:076:s0300
Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:088:s0089
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:022:s0015

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed / 殺 · Authority Person Id: Jie (桀)
Explicit · shiji:088:s0089
Cause: execution · Manner: executed for trying to do good with Jie and Zhou
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0015

Attested activity

Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0015, shiji:088:s0089

Career and standing

Status: execution · Action: suffered
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0015

Places and affiliations

Polity: Xia / 夏 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:088:s0089

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: counselor · Action: sought-to-join-in-good · Other Person Ids: Jie (桀), King Zhou of Shang (紂) · Outcome: executed
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0015
Type: minister-of · Person Id: Jie (桀)
Explicit · hanshu:076:s0300

Source notes

Historicity: legendary
Explicit · shiji:088:s0089

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 20Table of Ancient and Modern Persons · 1 passage

桀紂，龍逢、比干欲與之為善則誅，于莘、崇侯與之為惡則行。 By contrast, with Jie and Zhou, Long Feng and Bi Gan were executed for trying to do what was right with them, while Yu Xin and the Marquis of Chong were followed when they proposed evil.

Book of Han, Chapter 22Volume 20: Prominent People from the Past Until the Present · 1 passage

桀紂，龍逢、比干欲與之為善則誅，于莘、崇侯與之為惡則行。 By contrast, with Jie and Zhou, Long Feng and Bi Gan were executed for trying to do what was right with them, while Yuxin and the Marquis of Chong were followed when they proposed evil.

Book of Han, Chapter 76Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo · 3 passages

譬若以周、邵為丞相，孔丘為御史大夫，太公為將軍，畢公高拾遺於後，弁嚴子為衛尉，皋陶為大理，後稷為司農，伊尹為少府，子贛使外國，顏、閔為博士，子夏為太常，益為右扶風，季路為執金吾，契為鴻臚，龍逢為宗正，伯夷為京兆，管仲為馮翊，魯般為將作，仲山甫為光祿，申伯為太僕，延陵季子為水衡，百里奚為典屬國，柳下惠為大長秋，史魚為司直，蘧伯玉為太傅，孔父為詹事，孫叔敖為諸侯相，子產為郡守，王慶忌為期門，夏育為鼎官，羿為旄頭，宋萬為式道候。」 Imagine the Duke of Zhou and the Duke of Shao as your chancellors; Confucius as chief censor; the Grand Duke as commander; Duke Bi Gao as court remonstrant; Bian Zhuangzi as captain of the guard; Gao Yao as chief judge; Hou Ji as minister of agriculture; Yi Yin as palace treasurer; Zigong as foreign envoy; Yan Hui and Min Ziqian as court scholars; Zixia as master of rites; Yi as western capital intendant; Zilu as capital commandant; Xie as master of guest ceremonies; Guan Longpeng as keeper of the imperial genealogy; the minister Boyi as metropolitan governor; Guan Zhong as northern capital intendant; Lu Ban as chief engineer; Zhong Shanfu as palace chamberlain; the Earl of Shen as master of the horse; Prince Jizi of Yanling as keeper of parks and waters; Baili Xi as commissioner for dependent peoples; Liuxia Hui as chamberlain to the empress; Shi Yu as censor of conduct; Qu Boyu as grand tutor; Kong Fu as supervisor of the heir apparent's household; Sunshu Ao as chancellor to the feudal lords; Zichan as commandery governor; Prince Qingji as a palace gate guard; Xia Yu as cauldron officer; Yi the Archer as vanguard officer; and Song Wan as road-clearing scout."

先生對曰：「昔者關龍逢深諫於桀，而王子比干直言於紂，此二臣者，皆極慮盡忠，閔王澤不下流，而萬民騷動，故直言其失，切諫其邪者，將以為君之榮，除主之禍也。 The gentleman replied, saying: "Formerly Guan Longpeng remonstrated deeply with Jie, and Prince Bigan spoke straight with Zhou—these two ministers both exhausted thought and fulfilled loyalty, pitied that the king's grace did not flow downward while the myriad people were restless; therefore they spoke straight of his faults and cut remonstrance of his wickedness, intending thereby to be the lord's glory and remove the ruler's disaster.

太公、伊尹以如此，龍逢、比干獨如彼，豈不哀哉！ The Grand Duke and Yi Yin met with such success, while Guan Longpeng and Bigan met with the opposite fate. Is that not tragic?

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 88Biography of Meng Tian · 1 passage

桀殺關龍逢，紂殺王子比干而不悔，身死則國亡。 The tyrant Jie killed the loyal Guan Longfeng, and the tyrant Zhou killed Prince Bigan without remorse. Both perished, and their kingdoms fell with them.