Jiang Ziya

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Lü Shang
Duke of Qi
Portrait of Jiang Ziya.jpg
Jiang Ziya's portrait in the Sancai Tuhui
Reign11th century BC
Born1128 BC
Died1015 BC (aged 113)
SpouseShen Jiang
Issue Duke Ding of Qi
Yi Jiang
Posthumous name
Duke Tai of Qi
Jiang Ziya
Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Jiāng Zǐyá
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Jiāng Zǐyá
Wade–Giles Chiang1 Tzŭ3-ya2
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Goeng1 Zi2 Ngaa4

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  1. 1 2 Long Jianchun (龍建春) (2003). Discussion on Taigong's surname, clanname, given name and titles 《"太公"姓氏名号考论》. <苏秦始将连横>臆说之一. Taizhou Academy Newspapers (台州学院学报) 2nd semester, 2003.
  2. Sima Qian. 齊太公世家 [House of Duke Tai of Qi]. Records of the Grand Historian (in Chinese). Guoxue.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  3. Han Zhaoqi (韓兆琦), ed. (2010). Shiji史記 (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. pp. 2495–2510. ISBN   978-7-101-07272-3.
  4. Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian "Hereditary House of the Grand Duke of Qi" quote: "於是周西伯獵,果遇太公於渭之陽,與語大說,曰:「自吾先君太公曰『當有聖人適周,周以興』。子真是邪?吾太公望子久矣。」故號之曰「太公望」,載與俱歸,立為師。" translation: "The Overlord of the West then went out hunting, and as a result met the Grand Duke [of Qi] on the Wei River's north bank, and talked [with the Grand Duke of Qi] and became greatly pleased, saying: "My lordly ancestor the Grand Duke himself had said: 'Just when one has a sage coming to/fit for Zhou, Zhou will prosper'. Are you truly that one? My Grand Duke had hoped for you long ago. [The Western Count] therefore called [the Grand Duke of Qi] 'Grand Duke's Hope', returned along with him in the same chariot, and honored him as teacher."
  5. 1 2 Sawyer, Ralph D.The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. New York: Basic Books. 2007. p. 27.
    • Fu Lang [in Chinese] (1834) [c. 400]. "方外". In Yan Kejun [in Chinese] (ed.). 全晉文. 全上古三代秦漢三國六朝文 . Vol. 152.
    • "Learn Cantonese!". CantoneseSheikCo (English translation). 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2024. The story was Jiang Taigong (Jiang Ziya, a historical figure) went fishing, but he only used a hook without any bait at all. According to Jiang's philosophy, bait was unnecessary. "If the fish wants to be caught, the fish will get itself hooked voluntarily."
  6. "T'ai Kung's Six Secret Teachings". Trans. Ralph D. Sawyer. In Sawyer, Ralph D., The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. New York: Basic Books. 2007. p. 40.
  7. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  8. 1 2 Xu, ChongLin. "18, Flight from Zhaoge". 封神演義[Investiture of the Gods] (in Chinese). pp. 43–44.
  9. 1 2 Xu, Chong Lin. "17, the Serpent Pit". 封神演義[Investiture of the Gods] (in Chinese). p. 41.
  10. Xu, Chonglin. "Chapter 37, Jiang Ziya visits Mount Kunlun". 封神演義[Investiture of the Gods] (in Chinese). p. 94.
  11. Xu, Chonglin. "52, Fall of the Legendary Hero". 封神演義[Investiture of the Gods]. p. 139.
  12. Xu, Chong Lin. "40 - Siege of Phoenix City". 封神演義[Investiture of the Gods] (in Chinese). pp. 101–103.
  13. Xu, Chonglin. "40, Phoenix City's Great Siege". 封神演義[Investiture of the Gods] (in Chinese). pp. 103–104.
  14. Xu, Chonglin. "48, Lu Ya's Gourd of Supreme Light". 封神演義[Investiture of the Gods] (in Chinese). p. 126.
  15. Gu, Zhizhong (1996). Creation of the gods. New world Press. ISBN   7-80005-134-X. OCLC   467902421.
  16. "The kings of chả cá". Thanh Nien Daily. 2011-06-03. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
Duke Tai of Qi
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11th century BC
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