Six years later, in 698 BC Sanfu and Fuji assassinated Chuzi and put Duke Wu, the original crown prince, on the throne.
In 695 BC, Duke Wu executed Sanfu, Fuji, and their clans for the crime of murdering Chuzi.
[1][2] After 20 years of reign, Duke Wu died in 678 BC and was buried in Yong (in present-day Fengxiang, Shaanxi).
[1][2] According to Sima Qian, Duke Wu was the ruler who started the practice of funeral human sacrifice in the state of Qin.
The later ruler Duke Mu, who died in 621 BC, had 177 people buried with him, including several senior government officials.