Ancient China · Official and Statesman

Yue 說

Attested BC 1250

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yue was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1250 殷商武丁之世
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 23, passage 267

Events and relationships

Recalled as convict laborer minister archetype
Allusion · Exemplar
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 23, passage 406
Relation Minister of · Person Wu Ding (武丁)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 23, passages 267, 294

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 23Volume 23 Biographies 15: Su Chuo · 3 passages

武丁命說，克號高宗。 Wu Ding charged Yue, and worthily earned the title High Ancestor.

若伊之在商，周之有呂，說之相丁，用保我無疆之祚。」 Like Yi Yin in Shang, Lü Wang in Zhou, and Yue assisting Wu Ding—you preserve our boundless fortune."

若乃庖廚、胥靡、種德、微管之臣，罕聞於世； Men like the cook, the convict laborer, the planter of virtue, and Guan Zhong in humble obscurity are rarely celebrated in their own time;