Overview
The translated histories identify Bu Shi as a farmer, landowner, merchant, and named individual. This record brings together 43 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Bu Shi | 卜式 | Bu Shi |
| Surname | Bu | 卜 | Bu |
| Personal name | Bu Shi | 卜式 | Bu Shi |
| Personal | Bu Shi | 卜式 | |
| Personal | Shi | 式 | Shi |
| Given | Shi | 式 | Shi |
| Surname | 卜 | Bu | |
| Given | 式 | Shi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:068:s0253
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:068:s0148
Roles
- Farmer
- Landowner
- Merchant
- Named Individual
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died of old ageExplicit · hanshu:068:s0196
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元鼎中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 116 · End: BC 111Explicit · hanshu:068:s0192
- Source Date: Text: 卜式 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 100Strongly inferred · songshu:062:s0101
- Source Date: Text: 時漢方事匈奴 · Western Year: c. BC 121Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0153
- Source Date: Text: 會渾邪等降 · Western Year: BC 121Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0166, hanshu:068:s0167
- Source Date: Text: 漢興六十餘載 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0253, hanshu:068:s0254, hanshu:068:s0257, hanshu:068:s0258
Family
- Sibling of Younger brother of Bu ShiKinship Term: younger brother / 少弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
- Kinship Role: sons · Quantity: plural · Note: 子男 mentioned as accompanying himExplicit · hanshu:068:s0184
Career and standing
- Label: farmer and herder / 田畜Explicit · hanshu:068:s0149
- Label: herdsman / 芻牧Explicit · hanshu:068:s0257
- Label: imperial counselor / 御史大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鼎中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 116 · End: BC 111Explicit · hanshu:068:s0192
- Label: gentleman of the palace / 中郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0171
- Label: grand tutor to the king of Qi / 齊王太傅 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0181
- Label: magistrate of Goushi / 緱氏令 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0179
- Label: grand tutor to the heir apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: demotedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0195
- Label: magistrate of Chenggao / 成皋令 · Action: promotedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0180
- Label: minister of Qi / 相 · Action: transferredExplicit · hanshu:068:s0181
- Censor-in-ChiefExplicit · hanshu:027:s0237
- Chancellor of QiExplicit · hanshu:027:s0170, hanshu:027:s0232
- palace gentlemanExplicit · hanshu:027:s0169
- Tutor to the Crown PrinceExplicit · hanshu:027:s0246
- Title: left shuzhang / 左庶長 · Action: grantedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0171
- Title: marquis within the passes / 關內侯 · Action: grantedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0191
- Left Common ChiefExplicit · hanshu:027:s0169
- Marquis Within the PassesExplicit · hanshu:027:s0233
- Status: rose-from-humble-circumstances · Statement: swan's pinions among sparrows; tracks among sheep and pigs / 鴻漸之翼困於燕爵，遠跡羊豕之間Explicit · hanshu:068:s0253
Places and affiliations
- Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0171
- Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
- Place: Henan / 河南Explicit · hanshu:068:s0148
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: true
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: donation · Role: donor · Action: gave 200000 cash to Henan for migrantsExplicit · hanshu:068:s0167
- Kind: donation · Role: donor · Action: offered half estate to aid border against XiongnuExplicit · hanshu:068:s0153
- Kind: career · Role: subject · Action: raised-from · From: fodder and herding / 芻牧Explicit · hanshu:068:s0257
- Relation: opposed-by · Person Id: Gongsun Hong (公孫弘)Explicit · hanshu:068:s0162, hanshu:068:s0163
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: plain straightforwardness (質直) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0258
- Assessment: second rank beside later famous ministers · Other Person Ids: Gongsun Hong (公孫弘), Er Kuan (兒寬) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0261
- Item: ten qing of fields / 田十頃 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0171
References in the histories
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