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Gugong Danfu古公亶父

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King Tai of Zhou, accumulated virtue and righteousness, moved to Qi.

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Gugong Danfu, and the people around them.

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KINSHIP

Kinship

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In history · Records of the Grand Historian · Old Book of Tang

Son of Gongshu Zulei, accumulated virtue and righteousness, moved to Qi.

In fiction · Book of the Later Han · Discourses of the States · New Book of Tang · Correct Meaning of the Zuo Tradition · Book of Han · Tale of King Mu · Yi Zhou Shu

Ancestor of Zhou, first to establish the western land.

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  1. Official history

    Discourses of the States

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  2. Official history

    Book of Han

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  3. Official history

    Book of the Later Han

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    • Gugong DanfugrandfatherKing Wen of Zhou
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    1. 周太王所徙,南有周原

      grandfather · Book of the Later Han, 郡国一司隶

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    Old Book of Tang

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    Tale of King Mu

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    • Gugong Danfufather-sonJi Li
    • Taibofather-sonGugong Danfu
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    1. 皆周太王之子

      father-son · Records of the Grand Historian, 吴太伯世家

    2. 太姜生少子季历

      father-son · Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou

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    New Book of Tang

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  8. Official history

    Yi Zhou Shu

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    • King WusacrificeGugong Danfu
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    1. 王烈祖自太王

      sacrifice · Yi Zhou Shu, 世俘

    2. 王烈祖自太王、太伯、王季、虞公、文王、邑考以列升

      sacrifice · Yi Zhou Shu, 卷四

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Gugong DanfuGugong DanfuKing WuKing WuKing Wen of ZhouKing Wen of ZhouJi LiJi LiTaiboTaibo
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Sources: Records of the Grand Historian, 匈奴列传; Book of the Later Han, 郡国一司隶; Discourses of the States, 鲁语上; New Book of Tang, 历三志上; Old Book of Tang, 陆贽传; Correct Meaning of the Zuo Tradition, ch. 39; Book of Han, 匈奴传上; Tale of King Mu, 卷二

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