Ancient China · Duke of Lu

Duke Huan of Lu 魯桓

Lu Huan

Attested BC 711 - BC 694

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

Duke Huan of Lu was a Duke of Lu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 711 to BC 694 春秋
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 133
BC 711 to BC 694 魯桓公
Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 32

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 96 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye 1 passage
Book of Song, Chapter 55 Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2 Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 1 passage

Events and relationships

Murdered Duke Yin and took throne
Usurpation · Usurper · With Duke Yin (隱公)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 133

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 1 passage

魯桓脅於齊女，社稷以傾。 Duke Huan of Lu let a princess of Qi overawe him and lost his state.

Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage

時太廟鴟尾災，燾謂著作郎徐廣曰：「昔孔子在齊，聞魯廟災，曰必桓、僖也。 When fire broke out at the finials of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Dao said to Xu Guang of the Master of Writings office: "Long ago, when Confucius was in Qi and heard that Lu's ancestral temple had burned, he said the disaster must concern the shrines of Duke Huan and Duke Xi.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

鲁桓公弑隐公而自立者，宣公弑子赤而自立者，郑厉公逐世子忽而自立者，卫公孙剽逐其君衎而自立者，圣人于《春秋》，皆不绝其为君。 Duke Huan of Lu murdered Duke Yin and took the throne; Duke Xuan murdered Prince Chi and took the throne; Duke Li of Zheng expelled the crown prince Hu and took the throne; Gongsun Piao of Wei drove out his lord Kuan and took the throne—yet in the Spring and Autumn the Sage never struck their titles as rulers.