Ancient China · Official

Zang Wenzhong 臧文仲

Attested BC 722 - BC 481

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zang Wenzhong as an official and statesman. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zang Wenzhong 臧文仲 Zang Wenzhong
Personal name Zang Wenzhong 臧文仲 Zāng Wénzhòng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: BC 722-481 · Western Interval: Start: BC 722 · End: BC 481
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0144
  • Source Date: Text: 臧文仲 · Western Interval: Start: BC 617 · End: BC 600

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: ignorant-in-sacrifice · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Confucius (孔子)
  • Assessment: presented by Zhou Xu as an exemplar who rewarded respect for the ruler and destroyed disrespect · Provenance: Mode: quoted-historical-exemplum · Speaker Person Id: Zhou Xu (周䊸)

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 110Volume 99: Rituals and Worship Part Three · 1 passage