Zhong Hu of Cai

Zhong Hu of Cai
Reign:	11th century BC – 11th or 10th century BC
Parent(s):	Cai Shudu (蔡叔度)
Spouse(s):	Unknown
Issue(s):	Ji Huang (姬荒)
Ancestral name (姓):	Ji (姬)
Given name (名):	Hu (胡)
Courtesy name (字):	Unknown
Posthumous name (謚):	Unknown
Styled:	Hu, the Elder of Cai (蔡仲胡)
General note: Dates given here are in the Julian calendar. They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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Zhong Hu of Cai (蔡仲胡) (?–?), born as Ji Hu (姬胡), was the second ruler of the State of Cai. He was the only known son of Shu Du of Cai (蔡叔度), who was exiled in after the Rebellion of the Three Guards (三監之亂). After being known to be an honest and kind-hearted man, he sent by the Duke of Zhou to the State of Lu as an ambassador. Proven to be a great ruler, King Cheng of Zhou, under the advise of the Duke of Zhou, rewarded him with the Fief of Cai, and his father's lost title. He made Shàngcài (上蔡), Zhùmǎdiàn, Hénán, his capital. He was succeeded by his son. Cai Zhong means the Elder of Cai.

References

• Shiji
• Chinese Wikipedia
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Zhong Hu of Cai House of Ji Cadet branch of the Royal House of Zhou 周朝宗室
Regnal titles
Preceded by Shu Du of Cai	Ruler of Cai (蔡国君主)	Succeeded by Earl Huang of Cai
Preceded by New title	Elder of Cai (蔡仲)	Succeeded by Title abolished