Ancient China · Minister of Western Zhou

San Yisheng 散宜生

Sǎn Yíshēng

Attested BC 1100 - BC 1000

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

San Yisheng was a minister of Western Zhou.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1100 西周
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 53, passage 114
BC 1046 to BC 1000 西周初
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 18, passage 228

Key source chapters

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 18 Volume 18 Biographies 10: Sun Teng; Gao Longzhi; Sima Ziru 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 65 Volume 56: Dong Zhongshu 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 53 House of Chancellor Xiao 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Zhou 西周 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 18, passage 228

Events and relationships

Drew close as follower
Political · Follower
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 18, passage 228
Type served · Person King Wen of Zhou (周文王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 157

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 18Volume 18 Biographies 10: Sun Teng; Gao Longzhi; Sima Ziru · 1 passage

贊曰：閎、散胥附，蕭、曹扶翼。 The encomium says: Hongyao and San Yisheng gathered round in support; Xiao He and Cao Shen lent their aid.

Book of Han, Chapter 65Volume 56: Dong Zhongshu · 1 passage

文王順天理物，師用賢聖，是以閎夭、大顛、散宜生等亦聚於朝廷。 King Wen followed Heaven’s pattern in ordering things and took sages as his teachers, so Hongyao, Datian, Sanyisheng, and their like filled his court.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 53House of Chancellor Xiao · 1 passage

位冠群臣，聲施後世，與閎夭、散宜生等爭烈矣。 He stood first among all the ministers, and his fame has endured through the ages, rivaling in splendor that of Hong Yao, San Yisheng, and the other great ministers of antiquity.