Ancient China · Official

Yuqiu 虞丘

Attested BC 599

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Yuqiu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

敕
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 59
Spring and Autumn antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 152
BC 599 楚莊王時
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 5

Key source chapters

Book of Liang, Chapter 27 Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 47 Volume 47: Filial Acts 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 119 Biographies of Upright Officials 1 passage

Career and standing

minister / chancellor 相
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 5

Events and relationships

Recommended Sun Shuao to King Zhuang of Chu as his own replacement
Political · Recommender · With Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 5
Relation Predecessor of · Person Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 5
Relation Recommender of · Person Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 5

Assessments and attributes

Assessment figure of filial remorse in Qiu's allusion · Mode named-speech Speaker Liu Qiu (劉虬)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 152

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 27Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun · 1 passage

昔虞丘辨物，邯鄲獻賦，賞以金帛，前史美談，可賜絹三十匹。」 Formerly Yuqiu distinguished things and Handan presented a fu, and they were rewarded with gold and silk—a fine tale in former histories. Grant him thirty bolts of silk."

Book of Liang, Chapter 47Volume 47: Filial Acts · 1 passage

虬歎曰：「韓生無虞丘之恨矣。」 Qiu sighed, "Han need not bear Yu Qiu's remorse."

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 119Biographies of Upright Officials · 1 passage

虞丘相進之於楚莊王，以自代也。 The minister Yu Qiu recommended him to King Zhuang of Chu as his own replacement.