Cai Shu Du or Shu Du of Cai (
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: , given name Du (), was the first ruler of the
State of Cai
Cài (; Old Chinese: *s.r̥ˤat-s) was an ancient Chinese state established at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty, rising to prominence during the Spring and Autumn period, and destroyed early in the Warring States period.
History
Following his ...
.
Du was the fifth son of King
Wen
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* Wen (surnam ...
of
Zhou and his wife Taisi (). He had ten brothers and eight half-brothers. His elder brothers were Kao (
Boyi Kao
Bo Yikao was the eldest son of King Wen of Zhou and the elder brother of King Wu who was the founder of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China.
As a member of the Zhou royal house, his family name was Ji (姬). "Bo" refers to his status as the ...
), Fa (King
Wu of
Zhou), Xian (
Guan Shu
Guan Shu Xian () was the first and only ruler of the Chinese state of Guan and a younger of brother of King Wu of Zhou. He was the third son of King Wen of Zhou, and one of the Three Guards responsible for overseeing the eastern lands of the newly ...
), and Dan (the
Duke of Zhou
Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou (), commonly known as the Duke of Zhou (), was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu. He was renowned for acting ...
).
He was given the
fief
A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an Lord, overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a for ...
of Cai by King Wu after the overthrow of the last
Shang
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and f ...
king,
Zhou. Du's realm centered on present-day
Shangcai
Shangcai County () is a county in the south of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhumadian
Zhumadian (; postal: Chumatien) is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province, China. It border ...
,
Henan
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. He and his brothers
Guan Shu Xian
Guan Shu Xian () was the first and only ruler of the Chinese state of Guan and a younger of brother of King Wu of Zhou. He was the third son of King Wen of Zhou, and one of the Three Guards responsible for overseeing the eastern lands of the newly ...
and
Huo Shu Chu
Huo () is a Chinese surname. It is pronounced as Fok in Cantonese.
During the Zhou Dynasty, King Wu awarded land to his brother Shuchu (叔處) in "Huo" (modern Huozhou, Shanxi), and Shuchu's descendants adopted "Huo" as their family name.
Nota ...
(霍叔處) were known as the
Three Guards
The Rebellion of the Three Guards (), or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion (), was a civil war, instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peoples against the Western Zhou government ...
, but when King Wu died and the Duke of Zhou assumed the regency for the young King
Cheng, they rebelled along with
Wu Geng Wu Geng or Wugeng (Chinese: ''Wǔgēng''), a.k.a. ''Lùfù'', was an ancient Chinese noble who was the son of Zhou, the last king of the Shang. After his father executed Bigan by cutting out his heart, Wugeng fled to Feng, the capital of the Zhou ...
. The Duke of Zhou was able to suppress the rebellion and Du was exiled, although Cheng eventually recreated the realm of Cai as a grant to Du's son
Zhong Hu
Cai Zhong Hu ( Chinese: , lit. "Hu, Elder of Cai"), born Ji Hu (), was the only known son of Ji Du, the first lord of Cai.
Ji Du was removed from his office after participating in the Rebellion of the Three Guards against the regency of the Duke ...
.
References
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11th-century BC Chinese monarchs
11th century BC in China
Zhou dynasty nobility
Cai (state)
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