Ancient China · Ruler

Crown Prince of Chu 太子

Attested BC 381

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Crown Prince of Chu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 381 太子立
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 65, passage 155

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of King Dao of Chu (悼王)
crown prince 太子
Sources vary in certainty · Records of the Grand Historian 65, passage 155

Career and standing

executed clans who shot Wu Qi and struck the corpse 盡誅射吳起而并中王尸者
Ordered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 65, passages 155-156

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 65Biographies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi · 1 passage

悼王既葬，太子立，乃使令尹盡誅射吳起而并中王尸者。 After King Dao was buried, the crown prince ascended and ordered the chief minister to execute everyone who had shot at Wu Qi and struck the king’s corpse.