Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Ran Ji Zai 冉季載

Attested BC 1042

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ran Ji Zai was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1042 early Zhou genealogy / conquest setting
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passages 122, 124

Family

Sibling of King Wu of Zhou (周武王)
same-mother younger brother 同母之弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 124

Kinship Role later-generations · Negated true · nowhere seen · Count 0
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 122

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 35Houses of Guan and Cai · 2 passages

冉季載，其後世無所見。 Ran Ji Zai—his later generations are nowhere to be seen.

然周武王崩，成王少，天下既疑，賴同母之弟成叔、冉季之屬十人為輔拂，是以諸侯卒宗周，故附之世家言。 However, when King Wu of Zhou died, King Cheng was young, and the world was already suspicious. The royal house relied on King Wu's younger brothers by the same mother, Cheng Shu, Ran Ji, and the rest of the ten brothers, to assist and protect it, and thus the feudal lords ultimately honored Zhou. Therefore, this account is attached to the hereditary houses.