Ancient China · Official

Shang Rong 商容

Attested BC 1075 - c. BC 1046

Passages
5
Chapters
4
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Shang Rong as a named individual and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shang Rong 商容 Shang Rong
Personal Shang Rong 商容 Shāng Róng
Personal Shang Rong 商容

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 商容 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1075 · End: BC 1046
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0203
  • Source Date: Text: 商容不達 · Western Year: BC 1046
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0096
  • Source Date: Text: 武王克商之際 · Western Year: c. BC 1046
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:028:s0048

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 28Volume 25: Biography of Zhuo, Lu, Wei, Liu · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 1 passage