Ancient China · Sage King

Wu

Dates uncertain

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wu as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler
Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wu Wu

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Uncertain

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Status: supreme-dignity · Label: highest honor / 至尊嚴
    Explicit · hanshu:067:s0256

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: did not lose reverent awe despite supreme honor · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:067:s0256

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 67Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru · 1 passage