Ancient China · Official and Strategist

Wu Zixu 伍員

Wu Yuan

Attested BC 522 - BC 484

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Zixu was an official and Strategist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 522 to BC 484 伍員之憂不獨在昔
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 81

Events and relationships

Warning recalled as precedent
Political warning · Exemplar · With Wang Xizhi (王羲之) · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 81

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 81

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

國家之慮深矣，常恐伍員之憂不獨在昔，麋鹿之游將不止林藪而已。 The dangers before the state are grave. I fear Wu Zixu's warning is not confined to antiquity, and that deer will graze in our palace yards, not only in the wilds.