Ancient China · Ruler

Duke Huan

Attested BC 685 - BC 643

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Huan was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 685 to BC 643 放鹿
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 73, passage 322

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi · 1 passage

夫自忍其親，必將忍人之親，自忘其孝，期以申人之孝，食子放鹿，斷可識矣。 He who can harden himself against his own parent will harden himself against others' parents; he who forgets his own filial duty expects to fulfill others'—as with Yi Ya who cooked his son, or Duke Huan who freed the deer, the pattern is plain.