Taibo 太伯

Other names

Family

• Kin of Chang (昌)
  father's elder brother 伯父 · paternal line · Through Jili (季歷)
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 1-2
• Sibling of Jili (季歷)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 1
• Child of King Tai of Zhou (周太王)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 1
• Sibling of Zhongyong (仲雍)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 1, 6

• Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 6

Origins and identity

• Lineage sons of King Tai of Zhou 周太王之子
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 1

Career and standing

• Wu Taibo 吳太伯
  Established as · At Jing Man 荊蠻
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 5
• Wu Taibo 吳太伯
  c. BC 1150 to c. BC 1050 太王欲立季歷以及昌，於是太伯、仲雍二人乃奔荊蠻 · Established
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 5

Places and affiliations

• Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Founded
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 4-5, 28
• Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Born into
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 1
• At Jing Man 荊蠻 · Relation Fled to
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 2, 4

Events and relationships

• Called himself Gouwu
  State founding · Founder · At Jing Man 荊蠻
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 4
• Fled
  c. BC 1150 to c. BC 1050 太王欲立季歷以及昌，於是太伯、仲雍二人乃奔荊蠻 · Succession · Yielded succession · With Jili (季歷) · At Jing Man 荊蠻
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 2
• Followed by over a thousand families
  Political · Accepted as leader
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 5
• Tattooed body and cut hair
  Ritual body modification · Agent
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 2

Assessments and attributes

• righteous 義
  Assessment righteous · Mode named-group-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 5

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 1
• From Taibo to Shoumeng there were nineteen generations
  Field generation-count
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 32
• Five generations from Taibo to King Wu's conquest; descendants enfeoffed as Yu in the central states and Wu among the Man
  Field line-split
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passages 28-29
• To Gouwu 句吳
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 4