Ancient China · Ruler

Duke Jing of Song 宋景公

Song Jing Gong

Attested BC 516 - BC 451

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Jing of Song was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 516 to BC 451 宋景公
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 121

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage

宋景公，小國之諸侯耳，有不忍移禍之誠，出人君之言三，熒惑為之退捨。 Duke Jing of Song was lord of a minor state, yet his unwillingness to shift calamity onto his subjects was so genuine that he thrice spoke as a true sovereign should—and Mars changed its course for him.