Taibo

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Taibo statue, Taibo Temple, Wuxi

Taibo (

State of Wu
. His exact birth and death dates are unknown.

Biography

According to

State of Wu
.

Born into the

Meili in present-day Jiangsu province. There, Taibo and his followers set up the State of Wu, and made Meili its capital. Taibo's grand-nephew, King Wu of Zhou, overthrew the Shang dynasty and started the Zhou dynasty
. However, the tale of Taibo being the founder of the State of Wu is disputed.

Taibo's tomb

During his reign, Taibo developed irrigation, encouraged agriculture, and dug Taibo River (泰伯瀆)

Meicun. Although the original wood structure was destroyed during later wars, it has been renovated several times. Present architecture is mostly from the Qing dynasty. A stone carved with Confucius's comment can still be seen in today's Taibo Shrine. Taibo is also customarily known as the propagator of all people with the surname Wu 吳
.

After the conquest of Shang dynasty, King Wu of Zhou found Zhouzhang, a great-grandson of Zhongyong, and made him the King of Wu.[2]

Connection to ancient Japan

Ambassadorial visits to Japan by the later Chinese Cao Wei and Jin dynasties recorded that the Wajin people of Japan claimed to be descendants of Taibo of Wu.[3] Several scholars suggest that the Yamato people and the Yamato dynasty are descendants of the Wu ruling clan and possibly Taibo.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Wuxi Municipal People's Government Office (2012-04-18). "Taibo River". River Bo is an abbreviation for Taibo River, which is also called Bodu River and Bodu Port and located in the southeast of Wuxi.
  2. ^ Sima Qian. "卷三十一·吴太伯世家第一" [31: Family of Wu Taibo]. 《史记》 [Records of the Grand Historian] (in Chinese).
  3. ^ Encounters of the Eastern Barbarians, Wei Chronicles
  4. ISBN 9781438473086
    .
  5. ISBN 9780774842549
    .
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