Ancient China · Ancestral Ruler

Zhou Grand Ancestor 太祖

Taizu

Attested BC 1100 - BC 1000

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Grand Ancestor was an Ancestral Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1100 to BC 1000 周太祖 with 文、武
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 97

Family

Ancestor of King Wen of Zhou (文王)
Grand Ancestor 太祖 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 97

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ancestral cult
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 97

Source notes

Historicity uncertain
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 97

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

鄭康成謂周制立二昭二穆，與太祖、文、武共為七廟，此一家之說，未足援正。 Zheng Xuan held that Zhou practice placed two zhao and two mu together with the Grand Ancestor, King Wen, and King Wu as seven temples—one school's opinion, insufficient as authority.