Ancient China · Official

Zhai Zhong 祭仲

Attested BC 722 - BC 682

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhai Zhong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 722 to BC 682 祭仲
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

Places and affiliations

Polity Zheng 鄭 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

Assessments and attributes

Assessment failed a minister's duty · Mode quoted-judgment Speaker Liu Shi (劉寔)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 41Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang · 1 passage

尤精《三傳》，辨正《公羊》，以為衛輒不應辭以王父命，祭仲失為臣之節，舉此二端以明臣子之體，遂行於世。 He mastered the three commentaries on the Spring and Autumn and corrected the Gongyang tradition, arguing that Prince Kuaire of Wei should not have refused the throne citing his grandfather's order and that Zhai Zhong had failed a minister's duty; by these two cases he defined the proper relation of subject to ruler, and his reading won wide acceptance.