NPprBiăn Hé 卞和 (8th century), from the state of Chu 楚 [CC 13.3; HNZ 14.15a], also known as He Shi 和氏 “Mr He” is referred to as Mr He of Jing 荊和氏 in CC 16.5. The story is told that he presented what he considered as a precious piece of jade to King Li of Chu 楚厲王 (758 - 741) and then to King Wu of Chu 楚武王 (r. 740 – 690), but his present was rejected in both cases: his precious offering was declared to be a vulgar stone, and he was punished with extreme mutilations. He is said to have wept tears of blood, but his third attempt is said to have been successful [HNZ 19.17b]. The “jade of Mr He” became proverbial in later Chinese literature, but it seems nowhere mentioned in the early Confucian texts or in LSCQ. HF was fascinated by this story and refers to it several times. HNZ and SJ are also clearly preoccupied by the case. [MO 11; ZGC Zhao 1; SY 17.10; XINXU 1.19, 5.141; [HF 13; 20]CH
司馬子期 sī mǎ zǐ qī MC: si maeX tsiX gi OC: sqlɯ mraaʔ sklɯʔ ɡɯ 1 Attribution
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NPprMinister of War in Chu3, died 478 BC during the uprising of Duke of BóLZ
NPprChūnshēn Jūn 春申君 (7th – 6th century) was a younger brother of >King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王 (r. 613-591). We know nothing about him, though he cannot have been the famous Chunshen Jun 春申君 whose name was Huáng Xiē 黃歇 and who died in 238. CH
NPprStandard Name: Gōng Zǐ Cè 公子側 Personal Name: Zǐ Fǎn 子反 Canonical Name: Sī Mǎ 司馬 Unger no. 411Zǐ Fǎn 子反 (died 575 B.C.) was a senior minister with the title sīmǎ 司馬 in Chǔ, also known as Gōngzǐ Cè 公子側. He committed suicide, according to ZUO, because he had drunk too much during battle.
NPprGōngzĭ Jié 公子結 (late 6th century), also known as Zĭqī 子期 was an elder brother of King Zhao of Chu 楚昭王 (r. 515 - 489). He served as minister of war under King Píng of Chŭ 楚平王 (r. 528-516). He is mentioned for an attack on Chen 陳 which he led as a general as late as in 485. [ZUO Ai 10; GONGYANG Ai 10]. [ZUO Zhuang 19, Ding 14, Ai 6; SJ 40]CH
NPprPrince Zhí 公子職 (7th century) was the second eldest son of King Cheng of Chu 楚成王 (r. 671 - 626). Prince Zhí of Chŭ 楚公子職 was crown prince >Shāng Chén's 商臣 younger brother by a different mother. When King Chéng threatened to demote his son and designated successor Shāng Chén 商臣 in favour of Prince Zhi, Shang Chen managed to forced his own father to commit suicide and established he himself as King Mù of Chŭ 楚穆王 (r. 625 - 614). [ZUO Huan 16.5; LNZ 5]CH