Attendant clerk of Yuan Ang (袁盎從史)

Overview

The translated histories identify Attendant clerk of Yuan Ang as an attendant and military officer. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese
Personal	Attendant clerk of Yuan Ang	袁盎從史
Descriptive kinship	attendant clerk	從史
Title	Colonel and Commander	校尉司馬
Title	Commander	司馬

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:101:s0119

Roles

Attendant
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 吳楚反盎使吳 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:101:s0122
Source Date: Text: 盎為吳相時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:101:s0119

Events and relationships

Relation: rescued · Person Id: Yuan Ang (袁盎)
Explicit · shiji:101:s0122, shiji:101:s0128
Relation: took-maidservant-of · Person Id: Yuan Ang (袁盎)
Explicit · shiji:101:s0119

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 7 passages

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袁盎自其為吳相時，（嘗）有從史嘗盜愛盎侍兒，盎知之，弗泄，遇之如故。 When Yuan Ang had served as Chancellor of Wu, one of his attendant clerks had secretly carried on with a maidservant Ang favored. Ang knew of it but said nothing, treating the man just as before.

人有告從史，言「君知爾與侍者通」，乃亡歸。 Someone told the clerk, 'Your lord knows you have been carrying on with his maid.' The clerk fled and went home.

袁盎驅自追之，遂以侍者賜之，復為從史。 Yuan Ang rode after him, gave him the maidservant, and reinstated him as an attendant clerk.

及袁盎使吳見守，從史適為守盎校尉司馬，乃悉以其裝齎置二石醇醪，會天寒，士卒饑渴，飲酒醉，西南陬卒皆臥，司馬夜引袁盎起，曰：「君可以去矣，吳王期旦日斬君。」 When Yuan Ang was sent to Wu and placed under guard, the former clerk happened to be serving as the Colonel and Commander in charge of guarding him. He used all his belongings to buy two dan of strong wine. As it was bitterly cold, the soldiers were hungry and thirsty. They drank the wine and fell into a stupor; the soldiers at the southwest corner all passed out. In the dead of night, the Commander roused Yuan Ang and said, 'You must leave at once. The King of Wu plans to behead you at dawn.'

司馬曰：「臣故為從史盜君侍兒者。」 The Commander replied, 'I am the former attendant clerk who carried on with your maidservant.'

司馬曰：「君弟去，臣亦且亡，辟吾親，君何患！」 The Commander said, 'Just go, my lord. I will flee as well and hide my family. You need not worry about me!'

司馬與分背，袁盎解節毛懷之，杖，步行七八里，明，見梁騎，騎馳去，遂歸報。 The Commander and Ang parted ways. Ang stripped the tassels from his tally, hid it inside his robe, took up a walking stick, and walked seven or eight li on foot. At dawn, he spotted cavalry from Liang. He galloped off with them and returned to deliver his report.