Bao Shengzhi (暴勝之)

Overview

The translated histories identify Bao Shengzhi as an official. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Bao Shengzhi	暴勝之	Bào Shèngzhī
Personal	Bao Shengzhi		Bao Shengzhi
Title	Grand Censor	御史大夫	Yushi Dafu
Courtesy	Lord Bao	暴公子	Bào Gōngzǐ
Title	Lord Bao	暴君	Bao Jun

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0004
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:104:s0124

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太子兵事 · Western Year: BC 91
Explicit · shiji:104:s0124
Source Date: Text: 武帝末 · Western Year: BC 87
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0004, hanshu:082:s0005

Career and standing

Office: Direct Commissioner / Imperial Envoy / 直指使者 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝末 · Western Year: BC 87
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0004
Label: Grand Censor / 御史大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:104:s0124

Places and affiliations

Polity: Han · Relation: official-of
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0004

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: envoy · Action: reprimanded the Chancellor for letting the Crown Prince escape · Other Person Id: Left Chancellor (左相)
Explicit · shiji:104:s0124
Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Jun Buyi (雋不疑) · Statement: recommended Jun Buyi to the imperial court
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0016

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 7 passages

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武帝末，郡國盜賊群起，暴勝之為直指使者，衣繡衣，持斧，逐捕盜賊，督課郡國，東至海，以軍興誅不從命者，威振州郡。 Late in Emperor Wu's reign bandits sprang up everywhere; Bao Shengzhi was named commissioner with plenipotentiary powers, robed in silk and carrying the imperial axe, hunted down outlaws eastward to the sea, enforced the law with military rigor, and cowed every circuit he touched.

勝之素聞不疑賢，至勃海，遣吏請與相見。 Shengzhi had long heard of Buyi's worth; on reaching Bohai he sent an officer to ask for an interview.

吏白勝之。 The officer reported this to Shengzhi.

勝之開閣延請，望見不疑容貌尊嚴，衣冠甚偉，勝之□履起迎。 Shengzhi threw open the door to receive him; one look at Buyi's stern bearing and magnificent dress sent him scrambling from his seat in his slippers to greet him.

登堂坐定，不疑據地曰：「竊伏海瀕，聞暴公子威名舊矣，今乃承顏接辭。 When they were seated in the hall, Buyi knelt and said, "I have lived obscurely by the coast and long admired your lordship's name; today I am honored to look upon you and speak with you.

勝之知不疑非庸人，敬納其戒，深接以禮意，問當世所施行。 Shengzhi saw he was no common man, took his counsel to heart, treated him with full courtesy, and asked his views on current policy.

勝之遂表薦不疑，征詣公車，拜為青州刺史。 Shengzhi memorialized his name; the court summoned him through the public carriage office and named him Governor of Qingzhou.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104Biography of Tian Shu · 1 passage

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是時武帝在甘泉，使御史大夫暴君下責丞相「何為縱太子」，丞相對言「使司直部守城門而開太子」。 At the time, Emperor Wu was at the Ganquan Palace. He dispatched Grand Censor Bao Shengzhi to reprimand the Chancellor: "Why did you allow the Crown Prince to escape?" The Chancellor replied in his defense: "I assigned the Director of Justice to guard the city gates, but he opened them and let the Crown Prince through."