Qin and Han · Official and Statesman

Cao Shen 曹參

Attested BC 206 - BC 190

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cao Shen was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 206 to BC 190 曹參
Strongly inferred · jinshu:072:s0073a27

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · jinshu:072:s0073a27

Events and relationships

Relied on purity and quiet and left room in markets and prisons
Governance · Minister · Mode quoted-document Speaker Guo Pu (璞)
Directly stated · jinshu:072:s0073a27
Relation Student of · Person Master Gai (蓋公) · Mode quoted-document Speaker Guo Pu (璞)
Directly stated · jinshu:072:s0073a27

Assessments and attributes

Assessment a small man whose virtuous sound was not forgotten · Mode quoted-document Speaker Guo Pu (璞)
Directly stated · jinshu:072:s0073a27

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 42: Guo Pu; Ge Hong · 1 passage

夫以區區之曹參，猶能遵蓋公之一言，倚清靖以鎮俗，寄市獄以容非，德音不忘，流詠於今。 Even a small man like Cao Shen could still follow a single word from Master Gai, rely on purity and quiet to settle customs, and entrust markets and prisons with room for mistakes; his virtuous sound was not forgotten and has flowed in song down to the present.