Shi, Duke of Shao 召公奭

Family

• Ancestor of Duke Hui of Yan (燕惠侯)
  nine generations down 已下九世 · 9 generations
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 15

• nine generations down to Duke Hui 九世至惠侯
  Kinship Role descendants · Count 9 · Generation Distance 9
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 15

Origins and identity

• Lineage Ji clan 姬氏
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 1
• Lineage Ji surname 姬姓
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 189

Career and standing

• one of the Three Ducal Ministers 三公
  Held
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 3
• enfeoffed in Northern Yan 封於北燕
  At Northern Yan 北燕 · Enfeoffed · Authority King Wu of Zhou (周武王)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 2

Places and affiliations

• Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Founder associated
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 189
• Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 2
• Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 1, 3
• At west of Shan 陜以西 · Relation Administered
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 3
• At western regions 西方 · Relation Governed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 12

Works and attributed material

• Jun Shi 君奭
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 5
• Sweet Pear 甘棠
  Relation Subject of
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 14

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment benevolent · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 186
• Among Ji-surname houses Yan alone perished last; attributed to Shao Gong's achievement
  Assessment enduring-founding-achievement · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 189
• Assessment remembered for good governance; people cherished the sweet pear tree · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 14