Ancient China · Son of Duke Xuan's Brother

Son of Younger Brother of Duke Xuan 宋宣公弟之子

Attested BC 710

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Son of Younger Brother of Duke Xuan was a Son of Duke Xuan's Brother.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 710 弟之子爭之
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 193

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Younger Brother of Duke Xuan of Song (宋宣公之弟)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 193

Events and relationships

Assassinated elder brother's son
Assassination · Perpetrator · With Son of Duke Xuan of Song (宋宣公之子)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 193

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 58House of Prince Xiao of Liang · 1 passage

弟之子爭之，以為我當代父後，即刺殺兄子。 But the younger brother's son disputed this, reasoning that he should succeed his own father, and so he assassinated the elder brother's son.