Overview
Jizi was a Shang royal noble, sage, and culture hero.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityUncertain · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- legendary antiquity
- c. BC 1046 商周之際Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 213
- BC 1100 商末Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 176
- BC 1046 囚箕子Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 23, passage 78
- BC 1046 昔Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 96, passage 302
- BC 1046 昔武王克商，以箕子歸Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 141, passage 2
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- BC 1046 武王之得箕子Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 140, passage 3
- BC 1100 to BC 1046 箕子蓋嘗言之Directly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6
- BC 1046 to BC 1000 箕子访周Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 256
- BC 1050 箕子詳狂Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 164
- BC 1046 紂之時，箕子不用Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 95
- BC 1046 衰殷之運Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 271-272, 281
Key source chapters
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 96 Volume 85: Treatise on the Dongyi 3 passages
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang 2 passages
- Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 31 Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wang Xin; Wang Xi 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 76 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 117 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 1 passage
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity Shang Chinese 商Strongly inferred · History of Liao 49, passage 14
Career and standing
- enfeoffed in Korea 封於朝鮮BC 1046 昔 · Received · At Korea 朝鮮Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 302
- EnteredDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 23, passage 78
Places and affiliations
- Shang 商Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 23, passage 78
- Polity Chosŏn 朝鮮 · Relation Enfeoffed inDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 302
- Polity Shang 商 · Relation Associated withStrongly inferred · History of Jin 23, passage 6
- Polity Yin 殷 · Relation LeftDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 271
- Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Active inDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 256
- At Korea 朝鮮 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · History of Liao 49, passage 14
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- At Korea 朝鮮 · Relation Enfeoffed inDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 302
- At Korea 朝鮮 · Relation Took refuge inDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 271
Works and attributed material
- Hong Fan 洪範Relation Attributed speakerDirectly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6
- Eight Precepts 八條之教Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Liao 49, passage 14
- eight-article compact 八条之約Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 272
- eight-article teaching 八条之教Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 302
- Jizi's methods 箕子之術Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 5
- Classical exemplum · Source of teaching · Source Person Id Lu Pi (魯丕) · Mode quoted-by-memorial Speaker Lu Pi (魯丕)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 213
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- With obscurity, constant wind follows 蒙，恆風若Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6
- With respect, seasonable rain follows 肅，時雨若Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6
Events and relationships
- Left waning Yin for KoreaBC 1046 衰殷之運 · Migration · ExileDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 271
- Presented nine categoriesDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 140, passage 3
- Promulgated eight article compactLegal · LawgiverDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 272
- RemonstratedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 95
- Taught rites farming sericultureInstruction · Teacher · At Korea 朝鮮Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 302
- Was consulted in ZhouPolitical · AdviserDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 256
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- Relation Minister of · Person King Zhou of Shang (紂)Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 23, passage 78
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment surely spoke the Hong Fan correspondences of respect with seasonable rain and obscurity with constant wind · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Jin 23, passage 6
- Assessment touched the root from which sages fashioned law by trimming statutes and relying on good faith · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 281
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 271, 302; History of Jin 23, passage 6
- Historicity legendaryDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 45
- Historicity legendaryStrongly inferred · History of Liao 49, passage 14
- Traces of Jizi's Eight Precepts and customs survived in Liao lands that had once been Korean soilDirectly stated · History of Liao 49, passage 14
References in the histories
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