Overview
The translated histories identify Wu Zixu as a general, named individual, official, and statesman. This record brings together 17 passages from 14 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wu Zixu | 伍子胥 | Wǔ Zǐxū |
| Personal name | Wu Yuan | 伍員 | Wu Yuan |
| Personal | Wu Yuan | 伍員 | Wu Yuan |
| Personal name | Wu Zixu | 伍子胥 | Wu Zixu |
| Personal | Wu Zixu | 子胥 | Zixu |
| Personal | Wu Zixu | 子胥 | Wu Zixu |
| Personal name | Wu Zixu | 伍子胥 | |
| Alternate | Wu Zixu | 伍子胥 | Wu Zixu |
| Alternate name | Wu Zixu | 伍員 | |
| Personal | Wu Zixu | 伍子胥 | Wu Zixu |
| Alternate name | Wu Zixu | Wu Zixu | |
| Courtesy name | Zixu | 子胥 | |
| Courtesy | Zixu | 子胥 | Zixu |
| Personal name | Zixu | 子胥 | Zixu |
| Personal name | 彭胥 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:098:s0236, shiji:080:s0074
Roles
- General
- Named Individual
- Official
- Statesman
- Strategist
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: drowned in a leather bag / 賜之鴟夷而浮之江 · Authority Person Id: King Fuchai of Wu (夫差)Explicit · shiji:080:s0075, shiji:080:s0076
- Manner: killed / 殺 · Authority Person Id: King Fuchai of Wu (夫差)Explicit · shiji:088:s0070
- Manner: associated with drowned loyal ministers in poetic feast of shadesUncertain · hanshu:098:s0236
- Manner: body-sewn-in-leather-sackExplicit · shiji:083:s0166
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 伍員 · Western Interval: Start: BC 520 · End: BC 484Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:108:s0119, sanguozhi:062:s0176
- Source Date: Text: 伍子胥 · Western Interval: Start: BC 520 · End: BC 484Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 伍子胥 · Western Interval: Start: BC 522 · End: BC 484Explicit · shiji:100:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 伍子胥說聽於闔閭...沈子胥 · Western Year: BC 484Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0074, shiji:080:s0076
- Source Date: Text: 伍子胥鞭荊平之墓 · Western Interval: Start: BC 522 · End: BC 484Explicit · hanshu:046:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 吳王夫差時 · Western Year: BC 484Explicit event contextual date · shiji:088:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 子胥鴟夷 · Western Year: BC 484Explicit · shiji:083:s0166
- Source Date: Text: 彭胥 · Western Interval: Start: BC 522 · End: BC 484Explicit · hanshu:098:s0236
- Source Date: Text: 昔三仁去而殷虛… · Western Year: BC 500Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0069
- Source Date: Text: 窮交 · Western Year: c. BC 484Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0238
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Wu / 吳 · Relation: servedExplicit · shiji:088:s0070
Events and relationships
- Explicit · shiji:080:s0074
- Explicit · liangshu:014:s0238
- Explicit · shiji:100:s0022
- Relation: destitution-friend-of · Person Id: Zai Pi (宰嚭)Explicit · liangshu:014:s0238
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · sanguozhi:063:s0157
References in the histories
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