Ancient China · Statesman and Royal Family Member

Duke of Zhou 公旦

Gōng Dàn

Attested BC 1045 - BC 1036

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke of Zhou was a statesman and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1045 to BC 1036 有公旦之才
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 6, passage 176

Assessments and attributes

Assessment cited as talent-model that Yuan possessed yet misused · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 176

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 6Volume 6: Emperor Jing · 1 passage

雖口誦《六經》，心通百氏，有仲尼之學，有公旦之才，適足以益其驕矜，增其禍患，何補金陵之覆沒，何救江陵之滅亡哉！ Though his mouth recited the Six Classics and his heart penetrated the hundred schools; he had Confucius' learning and the Duke of Zhou's talent—yet it only increased his pride and calamities; what did it remedy Jinling's fall or save Jiangling's extinction!