Is “Continuing Shang rites and the Rebellion of the Three Guards” true?
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》）
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.
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