Knowledge (XXG)

Du Bo

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216:"If from antiquity to the present, and since the beginning of man, there are men who have seen the bodies of ghosts and spirits and heard their voices, how can we say that they do not exist? If none have heard them and none have seen them, then how can we say they do? But those who deny the existence of the spirits say: "Many in the world have heard and seen something of ghosts and spirits. Since they vary in testimony, who are to be accepted as really having heard and seen them?" Mo Zi said: As we are to rely on what many have jointly seen and what many have jointly heard, the case of Tu Po is to be accepted." 208:
Following a rumor that a woman would jeopardize the town of , King Xuan of Zhou (827–783 BCE) ordered a mass execution of women. After Du Bo admonished the king for his decision, King Xuan executed Du Bo, despite having been warned that Du Bo's ghost would haunt him. Three years, King Xuan fell ill
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Book VIII, Chapter XXXI "On Ghosts (III) Electronic republication of the translation by W. P. Mei (London: Probsthain, 1929) Retrieved December 19, 2006
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According to legend, the Tangdu were descendants of the people who lived in the State of Tang, a Dukedom situated to the west of the State of Yi Lin
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The Chinese philosopher, (470–391 BCE), helped cement the legend by commenting:
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and died after dreaming that Du Bo shot him to death with an arrow.
196:(杜伯) was the Duke of Tangdu (唐杜公) during the reign of 165: 141: 159: 135: 128: 123: 105: 84: 70: 60: 52: 44: 36: 25: 18: 100:The name "Du Bo" in printed Chinese characters. 241:, and became known as Tangdu or Du Shi (杜氏). 111: 8: 229:province. This dukedom was annihilated by 120: 15: 293:The Ethical and Political Works of Motse 261: 81: 279:"Seeks Ghosts: China: Ghost of Tu-Po" 29: 7: 14: 94: 246:Shi Hui (士会), also Fan Hui (范会) 237:allowed the Tang to form a new 233:(Duke of Zhou), but his nephew 166: 142: 112: 1: 350: 187: 119: 93: 89: 306:Origin of Du*, Tu*, Do* 218: 214: 65:Western Zhou dynasty 324:Zhou dynasty people 248:, was the famous 191: 190: 183: 182: 130:Standard Mandarin 80: 79: 341: 329:Chinese nobility 308: 303: 297: 289: 283: 282: 275: 269: 266: 179: 178: 155: 154: 121: 115: 114: 98: 82: 31: 16: 349: 348: 344: 343: 342: 340: 339: 338: 314: 313: 312: 311: 304: 300: 290: 286: 281:. 14 July 2015. 277: 276: 272: 267: 263: 258: 235:Zhou Cheng Wang 223: 206: 172: 148: 101: 21: 12: 11: 5: 347: 345: 337: 336: 334:Chinese judges 331: 326: 316: 315: 310: 309: 298: 284: 270: 260: 259: 257: 254: 222: 219: 205: 202: 198:Zhou Xuan Wang 189: 188: 185: 184: 181: 180: 173:{{{2}}} ( 163: 157: 156: 149:{{{2}}} ( 139: 133: 132: 126: 125: 124:Transcriptions 117: 116: 109: 103: 102: 99: 91: 90: 87: 86: 78: 77: 72: 68: 67: 62: 58: 57: 54: 50: 49: 46: 42: 41: 40:before 785 BCE 38: 34: 33: 27: 23: 22: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 346: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 321: 319: 307: 302: 299: 295: 294: 288: 285: 280: 274: 271: 265: 262: 255: 253: 251: 247: 244:Du Bo's son, 242: 240: 236: 232: 231:Zhou Gong Dan 228: 220: 217: 213: 210: 203: 201: 199: 195: 186: 176: 170: 164: 162: 158: 152: 146: 140: 138: 134: 131: 127: 122: 118: 110: 108: 104: 97: 92: 88: 83: 76: 73: 69: 66: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 35: 32: unknown 28: 24: 17: 301: 291: 287: 273: 264: 243: 224: 215: 211: 207: 193: 192: 143:Dù Bó ( 137:Hanyu Pinyin 250:Duke of Fan 239:State of Du 167:TuPo ( 53:Nationality 318:Categories 256:References 221:Background 161:Wade–Giles 45:Occupation 71:Children 48:Minister 227:Shaanxi 204:History 107:Chinese 56:Chinese 268:《史记正义》 75:Xi Shu 61:Period 194:Du Bo 85:Du Bo 20:Du Bo 175:lit. 169:col. 151:lit. 145:col. 37:Died 26:Born 30:DOB 320:: 252:. 113:杜伯 177:) 171:) 153:) 147:)

Index

Western Zhou dynasty
Xi Shu

Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
col.
lit.
Wade–Giles
col.
lit.
Zhou Xuan Wang
Shaanxi
Zhou Gong Dan
Zhou Cheng Wang
State of Du
Shi Hui (士会), also Fan Hui (范会)
Duke of Fan
"Seeks Ghosts: China: Ghost of Tu-Po"
The Ethical and Political Works of Motse
Origin of Du*, Tu*, Do*
Categories
Zhou dynasty people
Chinese nobility
Chinese judges

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