Cai Zhong Hu ( Chinese: , lit. "Hu, Elder of Cai"), born Ji Hu (), was the only known son of

Ji Du Cai Shu Du or Shu Du of Cai ( zh, c=, l=Du, oyalUncle of Cai), given name Du (), was the first ruler of the State of Cai. Du was the fifth son of King Wen of Zhou and his wife Taisi (). He had ten brothers and eight half-brothers. His elder ...

, the first lord of Cai. Ji Du was removed from his office after participating in the

Rebellion of the Three Guards The Rebellion of the Three Guards (), or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion (), was a civil war, instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peoples against the Western Zhou governme ...

against the regency of the

Duke of Zhou Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou, commonly known as the Duke of Zhou, was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu. He was renowned for acting as ...

. However, his son made an effort to get his manners straight and be kind to people

Shiji The ''Shiji'', also known as ''Records of the Grand Historian'' or ''The Grand Scribe's Records'', is a Chinese historical text that is the first of the Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written during the late 2nd and early 1st cen ...

, book 35, "蔡叔度既遷而死。其子曰胡，胡乃改行，率德馴善。周公聞之，而舉胡以為魯卿士，魯國治。於是周公言於成王，復封胡於蔡，以奉蔡叔之祀，是為蔡仲。" and was sent by the

to Lu as an ambassador. Following this, King Cheng restored his father's fief to him and his son inherited it after him.

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