Ancient China · Ruler

Zhou Grand Ancestor 太祖

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Grand Ancestor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 251

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 251

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 2 passages

鄭氏謂：『太祖及文、武不祧之廟與親廟四，為七。』 Master Zheng held that the Grand Ancestor and the temples of Wen and Wu never moved to distant-line status, together with four direct-line temples, make seven.

王氏謂：『非太祖而不毀，不為常數。』 Master Wang held that those not the Grand Ancestor yet not destroyed are not a constant rule.