Ancient China · Official and Writer

Jiu Dan 咎單

Jiù Dān

Attested BC 1600

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiu Dan was an official and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1600 湯既勝夏
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 79

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 2 passages

伊尹作咸有一德，咎單作明居。 Yi Yin composed All Possess One Virtue, and Jiu Dan composed Bright Dwelling.

既葬伊尹於亳，咎單遂訓伊尹事，作沃丁。 After Yi Yin had been buried at Bo, Jiu Dan set forth Yi Yin’s deeds in instruction and composed Woding.