Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Prince Taishu 京城太叔

Attested BC 722 - BC 701

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Prince Taishu was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 722 to BC 701 京城太叔…卒自棄於鄭
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 11

Places and affiliations

Polity Zheng 鄭 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 11

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 38Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou · 1 passage

蓋聞知者順時而謀，愚者逆理而動，常竊悲京城太叔以不知足而無賢輔，卒自棄於鄭也。 The wise read the times; the fool defies what is right. I have long pitied Prince Taishu of the Zheng capital—insatiable, without good counsel, and at last ruined in his own state.