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Wu Geng武庚
Son of King Zhou of Shang, enfeoffed to continue the ancestral rites after the fall of Shang, later executed for rebellion.
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Wu Geng, and the people around them.
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01ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
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Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
King Wu→Wu Gengconfer title
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In history ·
He was the son of King Zhou of Shang. After the Zhou dynasty overthrew the Shang, he was enfeoffed in the former Shang territory to continue the Shang ancestral rites, but was later executed for rebellion.
In fiction · Investiture of the Gods · Bamboo Annals · Yi Zhou Shu
He was the son of King Zhou of Shang. After the fall of the Shang dynasty, he was granted territory by King Wu of Zhou to lead the remaining Shang people.
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Investiture of the Gods
1 relations1 verified quotations- King Wu→ confer title →Wu Geng
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今纣王已灭，与子何仇？且‘罪人不孥’……
reward · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 98
- Official history1 profile notes
Yi Zhou Shu
1 relations1 verified quotations- King Wu→ confer title →Wu Geng
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立王子武庚
confer title · Yi Zhou Shu, 卷四
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Bamboo Annals
1 relations1 verified quotations- King Wu→ confer title →Wu Geng
Verified original text · 1
立受子禄父，是为武庚。
confer title · Bamboo Annals, 今本-周纪
History vs. fiction
In official histories, he is the son of King Zhou of Shang, enfeoffed at Yin in the early Zhou to continue ancestral rites, later involved in the Rebellion of the Three Guards and executed; the novel retains his lineage and fief background.
The Records of the Grand Historian, Basic Annals of Zhou, records that after King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang, he enfeoffed Wu Geng, son of King Zhou of Shang, at Yin. After King Wu's death, Wu Geng, in alliance with Guan Shu, rebelled and was executed by the Duke of Zhou. The novel's account of Wu Geng's fiefdom and lineage matches the official history. The original text reads: 「管叔、蔡叔群弟疑周公，与武庚作乱，畔周。周公奉成王命，伐诛武庚、管叔，放蔡叔。」（《Records of the Grand Historian, Basic Annals of Zhou, Part One》）
Relationship network
- confer title← King Wu → Wu GenglitInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 98Bamboo Annals, 今本-周纪Yi Zhou Shu, 卷四
Original text (3)
今纣王已灭，与子何仇？且‘罪人不孥’……
Original relation: reward · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 98
立王子武庚
立受子禄父，是为武庚。