Ancient China · Legendary Hermit

Shu Qi 叔齐

Shū Qí

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shu Qi was a Legendary Hermit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 87

Family

Sibling of Bo Yi (伯夷)
younger brother Shu Qi 叔齐 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 94, passage 87

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 2 passages

周不待伯夷、叔齐，而王道以成。 Zhou needed neither Bo Yi nor Shu Qi to perfect the royal Way.

伯夷、叔齐不食周粟，太原周党不受朕禄，亦各有志焉。 Bo Yi and Shu Qi spurned Zhou grain; Taiyuan's Zhou Dang spurns our stipend—each follows his star.