Qin and Han · Official

Bu Shi 卜式

Attested BC 140 - BC 87

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bu Shi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 140 to BC 87 卜式立志於耕牧
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 155

Events and relationships

Cited for will in plowing
Literary allusion · Exemplar · Mode quotation Speaker Wei Yao (韋曜)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 155

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 65Volume 65: Book of Wu 20: Biographies of Wang, Lou, He, Wei, and Hua · 1 passage

歷觀古今功名之士，皆有累積殊異之跡，勞身苦體，契闊勤思，平居不墮其業，窮困不易其素，是以卜式立志於耕牧，而黃霸受道於囹圄，終有榮顯之福，以成不朽之名。 Every great name rests on relentless effort—Bu Shi from the plow, Huang Ba from a jail cell—until glory crowns their constancy.