NPprGuăn Shū 管叔 (11th century), often referred to more speciafically as 管叔鮮 was a younger brother of >King Wu of Zhou and son of >King Wen of Zhou. After the victory of King Wu of Zhou over the Shang Guan Shu was enfeoffed in Guan 管 to oversee the survivors of the Shang 商. But when King Wu died and >King Cheng of Zhou 周成王 (r. 1042-1020) ascended the throne as a minor, Guan Shu and his brother >Cai Shudu 蔡叔度 conspired with the sons of the last Shang emperor Zhòu 紂 against King Wu’s heir, King Cheng of Zhou, who was then a child. They were suppressed by another of their brothers, Duke Dan of Zhou 周公旦, commonly referred to simply as the >Duke of Zhou 周公 who acted as guardian to the then still minor King Cheng of Zhou. [Passim]CH
NPprPrince Zăi 公子宰. Prince Zăi of Zhōu 周公子宰 (late 5th cent.), also called Prince Zhāo 公子朝, was the eldest son of >King Wēi of Zhōu 周威王 (r. 425 - 402) also known as King Weilie of Zhou 周威烈王. He is unattested outside HF.CH
NPprCài Shū 蔡叔 (11th century), often referred to as 蔡叔度, one of >King Wen of Zhou’s 周文王 ten sons [BHT 30, no. 206, see also LNZ 1.9.6] is often mentioned together with his elder brother >Guan Shuxian 管叔鮮. [SHU 37 gives details on his supposed career.] Cai Shu was enfeoffed in Cai by his next-eldest brother >King Wu of Zhou 周武王 as a reward for his support in the campaign against the last emperor of the Shang dynasty. After King Wu’s death around 1043, Cai Shu conspired with Guan Shu and Wu Geng 武更, son of >Di Xin 帝辛, the fallen King Zhòu of Shang 商紂王, in an effort to restore the Shang dynasty. [SJ 3.109] Cai Shu was exiled by the >Duke of Zhou 周公 [HNZ 11] and died in exile. However, his feof was transferred to his son so that his family continued to rule in the state of Cai 蔡. [SHU 27 (introduction); 45 (introduction), LSCQ 16.6; SJ 4.126] Unger Prosopography no. 751
NPprCháng Hóng 萇弘 (6th – 5th centuries) was said to have been a talented minister and archivist shi 史 under King Jing of Zhou 周景王 (r. 544-520) and his successor King Ji4ng of Zhou 周敬王. In 510/9 he was involved in the the building of a protective wall for the Zhou 周 capital. Chang Hong was killed by the people of Zhou in 492, as recounted in ZUO Ai 3. He was considered unusually intelligent (HNZ 10.14b), albeit distinctly inferior to Confucius. (HNZ 9.31a) He was able to predict future good or bad fortune, (HNZ 11.18b), and was also renowned for his astronomical knowledge. (HNZ 13.16b-17b) In Han times a book in 15 scrolls bearing his name was preserved in the imperial library, but this book is no longer extant. A historical popular tale has it that his blood congealed to jade because of the injustice of the treatment he received: “In the times of >King Ling of Zhou 周靈王, Chang Hong was killed. The people of Shu thereupon stored away the blood he had shed, and in three years it transformed itself into jade.” [Soushen ji 搜神記, DeWoskin 1996, 126]. [ZUO Zhao 32, Ding 1; GY, Chou 3; LSCQ 14.8, 18.3, 18.4; ZHUANG 10, 26. See SY 13.43, ed. Xiang Zonglu 1987: 338.]Unger Prosopography no. 36.