Ancient China · Ruler

King Wu 武

Wu

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 64

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 64

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 72Biography of the Marquis of Rang · 1 passage

以三十萬之眾守梁七仞之城，臣以為湯、武復生，不易攻也。 To defend Liang's seven-ren-high walls with three hundred thousand troops—your servant thinks that even if Tang and Wu were revived, they would not easily attack it.