Overview
Ran Ji Zai was a Royal Family Member and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 1050 武王同母兄弟十人;母曰太姒;及文王崩而發立Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passages 4-5
- BC 1046 武王已克殷紂,平天下,封功臣昆弟Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 13
- BC 1042 武王既崩,成王少,周公旦專王室Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passages 19-20
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of King Wen of Zhou (周文王)father 父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 4
- Sibling of King Wu of Zhou (周武王)same-mother brother 同母昆弟 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passages 2, 4
- Child of Tai Si (太姒)son 子 · Full siblings · maternal lineDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passages 3-4
Origins and identity
- Line Zhou royal house · 周Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 4
Career and standing
- Zhou Minister of Works 周司空Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 20
- EnfeoffedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 19
- Not yet enfeoffedBC 1046 康叔封、冉季載皆少,未得封 · Negated trueDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 13
- youngest; not yet enfeoffedMinorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passages 5, 13
Places and affiliations
- Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 4
- At Ran 冉 · Relation Enfeoffed atDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 19
Events and relationships
- Relation Assisted · Person King Cheng of Zhou (周成王)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 20
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment disciplined and mild in conduct; good reputation throughout the realm · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 20
Source notes
- youngest of the ten same-mother brothersDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 5
References in the histories
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