Cai Zhong Hu (

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

: , lit. "Hu, Elder of Cai"), born Ji Hu (), was the only known son of

Ji Du Cai Shu Du or Shu Du of Cai (Chinese: , given name Du (), was the first ruler of the State of Cai. Du was the fifth son of King Wen of Zhou and his wife Taisi (). He had ten brothers and eight half-brothers. His elder brothers were Kao (Boyi Kao ...

, the first lord of Cai. Ji Du was removed from his office after participating in the

Rebellion of 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 ...

against the regency of 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 ...

. However, his son made an effort to get his manners straight and be kind to people

Shiji ''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese hist ...

,book 35,"蔡叔度既遷而死。其子曰胡，胡乃改行，率德馴善。周公聞之，而舉胡以為魯卿士，魯國治。於是周公言於成王，復封胡於蔡，以奉蔡叔之祀，是為蔡仲。" and was sent by the

to Lu as an ambassador. Following this, King Cheng restored his father's fief to him and his son inherited it after him.

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