Ancient China · Aristocrat

Marquis of E 鄂侯

È Hóu

Attested BC 1075 - BC 1046

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Marquis of E was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Cause Pickled · Authority King Zhou of Shang (紂)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 190
Execution by drying · Authority King Zhou of Shang (紂)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 63

Attested activity

BC 1050 紂之三公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 61, 63
BC 1075 to BC 1046 鄂侯
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 187

Key source chapters

References in the histories

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

以西伯昌、九侯、鄂侯為三公。 He named Western Earl Chang, the Marquis of Jiu, and the Marquis of E as the three high dukes.

鄂侯爭之彊，辨之疾，并脯鄂侯。 The Marquis of E remonstrated fiercely; Zhou had him pickled as well.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 2 passages

昔者九侯、鄂侯、文王，紂之三公也。 In ancient times, the Marquis of Jiu, the Marquis of E, and King Wen were the three high ministers of the tyrant Zhou.

鄂侯爭之彊，辯之疾，故脯鄂侯。 The Marquis of E protested vigorously and argued heatedly on his behalf, so Zhou had the Marquis of E dried into jerky.