Taibo (English spelling)

Japanese: 太伯 - たいはく（英語表記）Tài bó

The founder of the ancient Chinese marquis state of Wu. Also written as Taibo. He was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou, but when he learned that his youngest son, Ji Li's son Chang (King Wen), had been born with auspicious omens and was intelligent and virtuous, his father King Tai hoped that the position would one day be passed on to Chang, Taibo fled to Jiangnan with his younger brother Zhongyong, and in accordance with the customs of the area, cut his hair and tattooed himself, becoming the ruler of Jiangnan and establishing the state of Wu with Suzhou as its capital. He is famous as a gentleman who handed over the state to his younger brother. [Ito Michiharu]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国古代の侯国呉の始祖。泰伯とも書く。周太王の長子であったが，末子季歴の子昌(文王)が瑞祥を受けて生まれ，賢く徳があるので，父太王が，将来昌に位が伝わることを望んでいることを知り，太伯は弟の仲雍とともに，江南に逃亡し，その地の風俗に従い，断髪･文身して，江南の君となり，蘇州を都として呉の国を建てたといわれる。弟に国を譲った君子として有名。【伊藤道治】

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