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Duke Xuan of Chen陈宣公
Ruler of the state of Chen, who, greedy for bribes, returned Nangong Changwan to the state of Song.
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Duke Xuan of Chen, and the people around them.
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01CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
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Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Duke Huan of Qi→Duke Xuan of Chenmeet alliance
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In history · Records of the Grand Historian
Younger brother of Duke Zhuang of Chen, killed Crown Prince Yukou.
In fiction · Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms · Correct Meaning of the Zuo Tradition
Ruler of the state of Chen, who, greedy for bribes, returned Nangong Changwan to the state of Song.; Ruler of Chen, promoted Duke Huan of Qi as leader of the alliance.; Ruler of the state of Chen, participated in the alliance to attack Song.
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Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms
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陈宣公杵臼，邾子克二君继到
meet alliance · Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, ch. 18
- Official history5 profile notes
Records of the Grand Historian
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Correct Meaning of the Zuo Tradition
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History vs. fiction
Is there no record of Duke Xuan of Chen in historical sources?
The candidate document's claim of 'no record in historical sources' is wrong -- and that phrase is the candidate list's own assertion, not a quotation from any classical text. The 'Records of the Grand Historian, Hereditary House of Chen and Qi' clearly records the life and reign of Duke Xuan of Chen (Chujiu): 'Duke Xuan later had a favoured concubine who bore a son named Kuan; wishing to establish him, he killed his heir apparent Yukou. Yukou had always been close to Wan, son of Duke Li, and Wan, fearing disaster would reach him, fled to Qi.' The 'Hereditary House of Tian Jingzhong Wan' likewise records: 'In the twenty-first year of Duke Xuan, he killed his heir apparent Yukou.' The episodes in novels such as 'Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms' therefore rest on solid historical ground. (Correction: the one who fled to Qi was Chen Wan, son of Duke Li, not Duke Huan.)
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- meet alliance← Duke Huan of Qi → Duke Xuan of ChenlitChronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, ch. 18
Original text (1)
陈宣公杵臼，邾子克二君继到