Ancient China · Official

Chui 垂

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chui was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passages 224-225

Career and standing

Minister of Works 共工
Appointed · Authority Emperor Shun (帝舜)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 225

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 224

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 1Annals of the Five Emperors · 3 passages

而禹、皋陶、契、后稷、伯夷、夔、龍、倕、益、彭祖自堯時而皆舉用，未有分職。 Yu, Gao Yao, Qi, Hou Ji, Boyi, Kui, Long, Chui, Yi, and Peng Zu had served since Yao’s day without fixed portfolios.

皆曰垂可。 All named Chui.

於是以垂為共工。 Shun made Chui Minister of Works.