人物事跡

青銅器銘文記載

山西省曲沃北趙晉侯墓地的第六次發掘工作，出土了一件方鼎，因其銘文內容，被稱為叔方鼎或者叔虞鼎。銘文有「周王」賞賜「叔夨」的內容。李伯謙認為，此「叔夨」就是「唐叔虞」，此處的「王」就是「周成王」。

《考古》雜誌2007年3月發表了朱鳳瀚的文章《堯公簋與唐伯侯于晉》，介紹了香港地區出現的私人收藏的西周青銅器堯公簋（或作「公」），其銘文有「唐伯侯于晉唯王廿又八祀」的內容。據陳久金說，夏商周斷代工程專家組就此專門召開會議，認定此「廿又八祀」也就是以28年來紀年的王為周成王，以此器作為周康王在位超過28年的証據。

子女

• 燮，繼位後改其國號曰晉。

• 賈伯公明，小兒子公明封於賈（今山西省襄汾縣西南），後來遷至賈地（今陝西省蒲城縣西南）

注釋

Personal life

Shortly after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou died. His son, Prince Song, ascended the throne and became King Cheng of Zhou. Since he was very young and too inexperienced to run the newly founded dynasty, his uncle, the Duke of Zhou, served as regent and handled all political affairs until King Cheng of Zhou became old enough to rule. In the year that King Cheng of Zhou ascended the throne, the people of a land called Tang (唐) rebelled, so the Duke of Zhou conquered them.

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, one day, King Cheng of Zhou was playing with his younger brother, Prince Yu. King Cheng of Zhou suddenly picked up a parasol tree leaf and gave it to Prince Yu. Then he said playfully," Let this be a proof that I will make you a feudal lord." Prince Yu happily got the leaf and he then told this to the Duke of Zhou. The Duke of Zhou thought that whatever the young King Cheng of Zhou said should not be taken lightly since he was the king.

The Duke of Zhou approached the young king and asked him if it were true. The young king said that he was just joking with his brother. Then the Duke of Zhou replied, "A sovereign must not joke about the things he says and do as what he has said." The young king thought it was reasonable and gave the recent conquered called Tang land, west of modern Yicheng County in Shanxi, to his brother, Prince Yu.

Shu Yu's son and successor, Xie, moved the capital Jiang nearer to the Jin River and renamed the state Jin.

Worship

Jinci was a shrine in Taiyuan dedicated to Shu Yu. It is a major historical and cultural site protected at the national level in People's republic of China.