[3] According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Shang Qu was responsible for the preservation of the I Ching, which he received from Confucius.
Yang He served as an official in the court of Emperor Wu of Han (reigned 156–87 BC) because of his knowledge of the I Ching.
[3] In another legend, Shang Qu performed divination which predicted that Confucius would die at noon of that day.
[3] In Confucian temples, Shang Qu's spirit tablet is placed in the outer court, beyond those of the Four Assessors and Twelve Wise Ones, and after that of Nangong Kuo.
[1] During the Tang dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong posthumously awarded Shang Qu the nobility title of Count of Meng (蒙伯).