Overview
King Zhuang of Chu was a ruler of Chu.
Life and dates
Death
- BC 591 ［二十］八年Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 95
Attested activity
- BC 591 ［二十］八年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 95
- BC 598 成公元年冬Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 82
- BC 613 to BC 591 楚嚴Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 183
- BC 613 to BC 591 楚莊王Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 11
- BC 613 to BC 591 楚莊王Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 5
- BC 613 to BC 591 楚莊王之世Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 30
Show 1 more source-backed claim
- BC 613 靈公元年，楚莊王即位Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 67
Family
- Ancestor of Zhuang Qiao (莊蹻)descendant 苗裔 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 11
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 119 Biographies of Upright Officials 7 passages
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36 Houses of Chen and Qi 6 passages
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 31 Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 96 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 98 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 1 passage
Places and affiliations
- Polity Chu 楚 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 116, passage 11
- Polity Chu · Relation Ruled or servedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 82
- At Chu 楚 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 5
Works and attributed material
- Approval · Authority · With Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passages 16, 21
- Speech · SpeakerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passages 83, 90
Events and relationships
- Approved restoring the former currencyPolicy · RulerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 16
- AttackedBC 598 成公元年冬 · Military · Commander · At Chen 陳Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 82
- Changed currency from small to large coins, inconveniencing the peoplePolicy · RulerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 8
- Made county and annexedPolitical · Actor · At Chen 陳Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 84
- RestoredDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 91
- Wished to order carriages raised; approved threshold plan insteadPolicy · RulerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passages 17, 21
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment worthy · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Confucius (孔子)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passages 92-93
References in the histories
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