Guan Shu (管叔) | 24 Histories

Overview

Guan Shu was a Zhou prince and rebel suppressed by his brother, the Duke of Zhou.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 110
BC 1040 周公誅管、蔡
Uncertain · History of Liao 2, passage 212
BC 1040 昔
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 8, passage 144
BC 1042 管、蔡
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 55, passage 188
BC 1042 to BC 1035 管、蔡之亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 34, passage 55
c. BC 1040 管
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 162

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BC 1046 to BC 1042 管叔
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 233
BC 1043 to BC 1035 管蔡之誅（周初）
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 155
BC 1046 to BC 1000 管蔡為戮，周公作輔
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 84

Family

Sibling of Duke of Zhou (周公)
brothers 兄弟
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passages 84-85
Kin of Cai (蔡)
Guan and Cai 管、蔡
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 155
Sibling of Cai Shu (蔡叔)
Guan and Cai 管、蔡 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 55, passage 188
Sibling of Cai (蔡)
Guan and Cai 管蔡
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 84
Kin of Duke of Zhou (周公)
Guan 管 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 2, passage 212

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Executed
BC 1046 to BC 1000 管蔡為戮，周公作輔 · Execution
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 84
punishment of Guan and Cai 管、蔡之誅
Executed · Suffered · Mode named-speech Speaker Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 155

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Zhou 西周 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 84

Events and relationships

Revolted with Cai
Political · Rebel · With Cai Shu (蔡叔)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 34, passage 55

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 84

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Han, Chapter 8Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao · 1 passage

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贊曰：昔周成以孺子繼統，而有管、蔡四國流言之變。 In appraisal: In antiquity King Cheng of Zhou succeeded to the throne as a young child, and there arose the affair of the four states of Guan and Cai spreading slanderous rumors.

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

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見鳳專政泰重，戒之曰：「昔周公身有至聖之德，屬有叔父之親，而成王有獨見之明，無信讒之聽，然管、蔡流言而周公懼。 Seeing Wang Feng's grip on power grow oppressive, Du Qin warned him: "The Duke of Zhou was the paragon of sagehood and the king's uncle, and King Cheng was a discerning sovereign who refused slander—yet the rumor spread by Guan and Cai still struck terror into the duke.

Book of Han, Chapter 76Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo · 1 passage

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故淫亂之漸，其變為篡，是以豎貂為淫而易牙作患，慶父死而魯國全，管、蔡誅而周室安。」 When debauchery and disorder are allowed to spread, they end in usurpation. Shu Diao's corruption enabled Yi Ya's treachery; Lu was preserved only after Qingfu died, and the Zhou house was secure only after Guan Shu and Cai Shu were executed."

Book of Later Han, Chapter 34Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou · 1 passage

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夫周公之善康叔，以不從管、蔡之亂也； The Duke of Zhou favored Kangshu because Kangshu did not join Guan and Cai’s revolt.

Book of Liang, Chapter 55Volume 55: Zong, Prince of Yuzhang; Ji, Prince of Wuling; Zhengde, Prince of Linhe; Yu, Prince of Hedong · 1 passage

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身當管、蔡之罰，蓋自貽哉。 He suffered the fate of Guan and Cai—and had only himself to blame.

History of Liao, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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周公誅管、蔡，人未有能非之者。 When the Duke of Zhou put Guan and Cai to death, no one faulted him for it.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 45Volume 45 Biographies 26: The Imperial Clan · 1 passage

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慶遠曰：「七王同惡，皆伏管、蔡之誅，其餘列蕃二十餘國，內升清階，外典方牧。 Qingyuan said, "Seven princes shared in the same crime and all suffered punishment like Guan and Cai; the rest, more than twenty feudal domains, rose within to high office and governed the regions without.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 1 passage

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周武王崩，武庚與管叔、蔡叔作亂，成王命周公誅之，而立微子於宋，以續殷後焉。 When King Wu died, Wugeng and the lords of Guan and Cai rebelled; King Cheng ordered the Duke of Zhou to crush them and set Weizi in Song to carry on Yin's line.

Book of Song, Chapter 62Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei · 1 passage

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幸遇管叔，必蒙僻儒之養。 had I met Uncle Guan instead, I would surely have been kept alive as an eccentric scholar.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 4: Prince Xian of Qiyang · 1 passage

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高祖曰：「管蔡為戮，周公作輔，人心不同，有如其面。 High Ancestor Yuwen Yong said: "Guan and Cai were executed; the Duke of Zhou then served as regent—hearts differ as faces differ.