Gongbo Explained

Gongbo
公伯
Succession:Ruler of Qin
Reign:847–845 BC
Predecessor:Marquis of Qin
Successor:Qin Zhong
House:Ying
Dynasty:Qin
Father:Marquis of Qin
Death Date:845 BC

Gongbo (died 845 BC), personal name unknown, was the third ruler of the Qin state. Gongbo succeeded his father, the Marquis of Qin, who died in 848 BC, and ruled for three years. He died in 845 BC and was succeeded by his son Qin Zhong.[1]

Although Qin would eventually develop into a major power that would conquer all other Chinese states and unite China proper to form the Qin dynasty in 221 BC, at the time of Gongbo it was still a minor state of the Western Zhou dynasty and little is known about Gongbo.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_005.htm . zh:秦本纪 . Annals of Qin . . Sima Qian . Sima Qian . Chinese . guoxue.com . 29 April 2012.
  2. Book: Annotated Shiji . Han, Zhaoqi . 2010 . Zhonghua Book Company . 978-7-101-07272-3 . Chinese . Annals of Qin . 348.