Ancient China · Minister and Classical Cautionary Figure

Shaozheng Mao 少正卯

Shàozhèng Mǎo

Attested c. BC 500

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shaozheng Mao was a minister and Classical Cautionary Figure.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 500 traditional execution of Shaozheng Mao by Confucius
Uncertain · Book of Song 7, passage 73

Places and affiliations

Lu 魯
Uncertain · Book of Song 7, passage 73

Source notes

Historicity uncertain · The chapter invokes the traditional Shaozheng Mao story allusively as 正卯.
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 7, passage 73

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Emperor Fei I · 1 passage

朕位御三極，風澄萬宇，資鈇電斷，正卯斯戮。 I hold the three extremities and the winds are clear throughout the realm; with axe and lightning I have cut down the guilty, and this latter-day arch-traitor has been put to death.