Ancient China · Lu Duke

Bo Qin 伯禽

Attested BC 1043 - BC 996

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

Bo Qin was a Lu Duke.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 119
BC 1043 伯禽以來
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 83
BC 1020 to BC 996 康王
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passages 117-118

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 91 Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13 Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 53 Volume 53 Miscellaneous Biographies 33: Wang Jinchong, Zhao Suwan, Murong Yanchao 1 passage

Career and standing

Duke of Lu 魯公
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 118

Places and affiliations

Polity Lu 魯 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 118

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 53, passage 83

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 1 passage

昔周公戒伯禽曰：『故舊無大故，則不可棄也，毋求備於一人。』 The Duke of Zhou warned Bo Qin: “Do not cast off old friends without grave cause; do not ask perfection of any single man.”

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

魯公伯禽 Lu: Duke Bo Qin

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 53Volume 53 Miscellaneous Biographies 33: Wang Jinchong, Zhao Suwan, Murong Yanchao · 1 passage

初，彥超之反也，判官崔周度諫曰：「魯，詩書之國也，自伯禽以來未有能霸者，然以禮義守之而長世者多矣。 When Yanchao first rebelled, his secretary Cui Zhoudu warned him: "Lu is the home of the classics. Since Duke Boqin no one has made himself hegemon there, yet many lords who kept to ritual and righteousness ruled long.