Ancient China · Retainer of Zhao

Gongsun Chujiu 公孫杵臼

Attested BC 600 - BC 500

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Gongsun Chujiu was a Retainer of Zhao.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 600 to BC 500 春秋程嬰
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 93, passage 36
BC 597 晉景公之三年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 11
BC 583 程嬰、公孫杵臼之義
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Righteousness fulfilled
Personal · Righteous pledger · With Zhao Wu (趙武)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194
Relation Ally of · Person Cheng Ying (程嬰)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194
Relation Protector of · Person Zhao Wu (趙武)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 11

Assessments and attributes

Assessment righteousness · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 2 passages

程嬰、公孫杵臼之藏趙孤趙武也，厥知之。 When Cheng Ying and Gongsun Chujiu hid the orphan Zhao Wu, Han Jue knew of it.

太史公曰：韓厥之感晉景公，紹趙孤之子武，以成程嬰、公孫杵臼之義，此天下之陰德也。 The Grand Historian remarks: Han Jue moved Duke Jing of Jin to restore the orphan Zhao Wu, thereby fulfilling the righteous pledge of Cheng Ying and Gongsun Chujiu. This was a hidden virtue that resonated throughout the realm.

Book of Wei, Chapter 93Volume 87: Morality and Righteousness: Yu Shenmen, Duan Jin, Shi Wende, Ji Gu, Wang Xuanwei, Lou Ti, Liu Kehou · 1 passage

時式子憲生始滿月，式大言於眾曰：「程嬰、杵臼何如人也！」 Shi's son Xian had just been born and was barely a month old. Shi cried out before the crowd: "What manner of men were Cheng Ying and Gongsun Chujiu!"