entity Updated 2026-08-18 Tags: Person, Ruler, Jin-State, Pre-Qin

晋幽公 / Duke You of Jin

晋幽公 / Duke You of Jin appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》06丨魏文侯选谁当宰相呢(2) as a comparison case for politically opaque assassination. The episode cites 《竹书纪年》 for the claim that he was killed by bandits directed by his wife 秦嬴.

The source uses Jin You Gong to support its broader caution about “盗贼杀君”: a record may name the physical killers while leaving out the political actor who arranged or benefited from the killing.

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