Ancient China · Aristocrat and Official

Duke Shan Mu 單穆公

Shan Mu Gong

Attested BC 544 - BC 520

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Shan Mu was an aristocrat and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 544 to BC 520 周景王時
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 27, passage 21

Career and standing

Duke Shan Mu 單穆公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 21

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to King Jing of Zhou (周景王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 21-30

Events and relationships

Opposed recasting large coins
Political · Remonstrant · With King Jing of Zhou (周景王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 21
Relation Remonstrated to · Person King Jing of Zhou (周景王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 21, 30

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 21

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

其後百餘年，周景王時患錢輕，將更鑄大錢，單穆公曰：「不可。 Over a century later, in the time of King Jing of Zhou, because the coin had grown too light, he planned to recast larger coins. Duke Shan Mu said, "It cannot be done.