Bo Qin

{{infobox royalty

|name=Duke Tai of Lu
魯太公

|birth_date=1068 BC

|death_date=998 BC

|reign=1043–998 BC

|title=Ruler of State of Lu

|father=Duke of Zhou

|issue=Duke Kao of Lu
Duke Yang of Lu

|posthumous name=Duke Tai (太公)

|house=Ji

|dynasty=Lu

}}

Bo Qin ({{zh|c=伯禽|p=Bóqín}}),"Bo" refers to the fact he was the elder son of his family. For the translation of this title, see Fengjian. also known as Qin Fu (禽父), also known by his posthumous name as the Duke Tai of Lu (魯太公), was the founder of the Lu state, a dynastic vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.

Born into the royal Ji family, he was the eldest son of Dan, the Duke of Zhou. Instead of inheriting his father's estate in Zhou, he was granted the newly established State of Lu centered at Qufu. He is thought to have ruled Lu from around 1042 to 997 BC.

He was succeeded first by his son Duke Kao and then by Duke Yang, another of his sons.

The main line of the Duke of Zhou's descendants came from Bo Qin's third son Yu (魚), whose descendants adopted the surname Dongye (東野). The Duke of Zhou's offspring held the title of Wujing Boshi (五经博士; 五經博士; Wǔjīng Bóshì).{{cite book|author1=H.S. Brunnert|author2=V.V. Hagelstrom|title=Present Day Political Organization of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s0wrdzMXPZ8C&q=the+47th+in+line+of+descent+allowance+360+taels+year+public+treasury+present+dynasty+piece+land+eternal+possession+posterity+free+taxes+dues+good+profit+exempt+taxes+dues&pg=PA493|date=15 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-79795-9|pages=493–494}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Present_Day_Political_Organization_of_China_1000115601/507 |title=P.492-3. Present Day Political Organization of China |access-date=2016-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425031918/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Present_Day_Political_Organization_of_China_1000115601/507 |archive-date=2016-04-25 }}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/presentdaypoliti00brun#page/492/mode/2up|title = Present day political organization of China}}{{cite book|author1=H.S. Brunnert|author2=V.V. Hagelstrom|title=Present Day Political Organization of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4YdGCqNpDMC&q=confucius|date=15 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-79794-2}}{{cite book|title=Qin ding da Qing hui dian (Jiaqing chao)0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z9VkAAAAcAAJ&q=%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AC+%E4%BA%94%E7%B6%93%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%3B&pg=PT1084|year=1818|pages=1084–}}{{cite book|author=不詳|title=新清史|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBVmCgAAQBAJ&q=%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AC+%E4%BA%94%E7%B6%93%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%3B&pg=PT138|date=21 August 2015|publisher=朔雪寒|id=GGKEY:ZFQWEX019E4}}{{Cite web|url=http://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=557587|title=曝書亭集 : 卷三十三 - 中國哲學書電子化計劃}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.taodabai.com/2608556.html |title=什么是 五经博士 意思详解 - 淘大白 |access-date=2016-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623155733/http://www.taodabai.com/2608556.html |archive-date=2016-06-23 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book|author=王士禎|title=池北偶談|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysBnBAAAQBAJ&q=%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AC+%E4%BA%94%E7%B6%93%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%3B&pg=PT182|date=3 September 2014|publisher=朔雪寒|id=GGKEY:ESB6TEXXDCT}}{{cite book|author1=徐錫麟|author2=錢泳|title=熙朝新語|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTZ4BAAAQBAJ&q=%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AC+%E4%BA%94%E7%B6%93%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%3B&pg=PT39|date=10 September 2014|publisher=朔雪寒|id=GGKEY:J62ZFNAA1NF}}{{Cite web|url=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_d2b9ecb50102v4vn.html|title = 【从世袭翰林院五经博士到奉祀官】_三民儒家_新浪博客}}

Bo Qin was the ancestor of Mencius through Qingfu (慶父), a son of Duke Huan of Lu, who was, in turn, a descendent of Bo Qin. The genealogy is found in the Mencius family tree (孟子世家大宗世系).