Ancient China · Official and Statesman

Wu Zixu 伍子胥

Wǔ Zǐxū

Attested BC 522 - BC 484

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Zixu was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

Drowned though guiltless · Mode allusion
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 68

Attested activity

BC 522 to BC 484 子胥以非辜沈身
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 39, passage 68

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 68

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 39Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong · 1 passage

既徂南土，歷江、湖，濟沅、湘，感悼子胥、屈原以非辜沈身，乃作《悼騷賦》，系玄石而沈之。 Southward he crossed the great rivers and grieved for Wu Zixu and Qu Yuan, who drowned though guiltless; he wrote the 'Mourning Sao' and sank it sealed to a stone.