Is “As regent, he quelled the Rebellion of the Three Guards” true?
The Records of the Grand Historian, in the chapter on the House of Zhou Gong, records that when King Cheng was young, Zhou Gong acted as regent and ascended to the throne, suppressing the rebellions of Guan Shu, Cai Shu, and Wu Geng, establishing rites and music, and consolidating the foundation of the Zhou dynasty. (Original text: 「成王少，周公旦专王室。管叔、蔡叔疑周公之为不利于成王，乃挟武庚以作乱。周公旦承成王命伐诛武庚，杀管叔，而放蔡叔」, source: data/raw/shiji/管蔡世家.txt)
In official history, he is an outstanding statesman who established rites and music and served as regent to consolidate the Zhou dynasty, while in fiction, he is portrayed with a focus on his civil strategies and Daoist mysticism.
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