Ancient China · Zhou Ancestor

Bo Qiao 伯僑

Attested BC 900

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bo Qiao was a Zhou Ancestor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 900 有周伯僑
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passages 3, 24

Family

Ancestor of Yang Xiong (揚雄)
ancestor 先 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 3
Ancestor of Marquis of Yang (揚侯)
flowed down to Marquis of Yang 流於末之揚侯 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 24

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 98Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 · 2 passages

其先出自有周伯僑者，以支庶初食采於晉之揚，因氏焉，不知伯僑周何別也。 His line descended from Bo Qiao of the Zhou royal house; a younger branch first held its fief at Yang in Jin and took that place name as their surname—Bo Qiao's exact relation within the Zhou kin is no longer known.

有周氏之蟬嫣兮，或鼻祖於汾隅，靈宗初諜伯僑兮，流於末之揚侯。 The house of Zhou stretches in long descent: some say our forebear stood at Fen's shore; the spirit-line began with Bo Qiao and flowed on to the marquises of Yang.