Overview
The translated histories identify Chen Ping as a general, official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 49 passages from 21 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Chen Ping | 陳平 | Chen Ping |
| Personal | |||
| Surname | Chen | 陳 | Chén |
| Personal name | Chen Ping | 陳平 | Chen Ping |
| Personal name | Chen Ping | 平 | Píng |
| Personal name | Chen Ping | 陳平 | |
| Personal | Chen Ping | 陳平 | Chén Píng |
| Personal name | Chen Ping | 陳平 | Chén Píng |
| Personal | Chen Ping | 陳平 | |
| Title | Guard Commandant | 護軍中尉 | Hùjūn zhōngwèi |
| Personal | Ping | 平 | Píng |
| Given | Ping | 平 | Píng |
| Given | Ping | 平 | |
| Given | 平 | Ping | |
| Alternate | 平 | Ping |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:004:s0011, hanshu:025:s0317, hanshu:058:s0076, hanshu:070:s0271, shiji:057:s0087
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:070:s0221, shiji:101:s0085
Roles
- General
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Strategist
Life and dates
Death
- 丞相陳平薨Explicit · hanshu:005:s0331
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 七年…丞相臣平等請尊 · Western Year: BC 181Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0103
- Source Date: Text: 二年…丞相臣平言 · Western Year: BC 186Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 八年…丞相平 · Western Year: BC 180Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178Explicit · hanshu:025:s0317
- Source Date: Text: 孝文帝元年 · Western Year: BC 179Explicit event contextual date · shiji:113:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 故當其有事也，非蕭、曹… · Western Year: BC 200Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 昔 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 楚漢 · Western Year: BC 200Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:003:s0088
- Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0143
- Source Date: Text: 漢興 · Western Interval: Start: BC 202 · End: BC 195Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0129
- Source Date: Text: 漢興 · Western Year: BC 200Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0105
- Source Date: Text: 陳平、韓信之去項羽 · Western Year: BC 205Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 陳平委楚歸漢 · Western Interval: Start: BC 210 · End: BC 178Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0155
- Source Date: Text: 高后崩 · Western Year: BC 180Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0087, shiji:057:s0088
- Source Date: Text: 高帝至呂后 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 180Explicit event contextual date · shiji:101:s0088
- Source Date: Text: 高祖時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 202 · End: BC 178Explicit · houhanshu:032:s0002
Career and standing
- Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: BC 186Explicit · hanshu:004:s0011
- Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:025:s0317, shiji:113:s0025
- Label: Left/Right Chancellor / 左右丞相 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:025:s0317
- general and chancellor under Gaozu / 為將相Explicit · hanshu:058:s0079
- Title En: Chancellor · Title Zh: 丞相Explicit · hanshu:005:s0004, hanshu:005:s0299
Places and affiliations
- Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · hanshu:025:s0317
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:004:s0011
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Zhou Bo (周勃) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Zhou Bo (周勃) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178Explicit · hanshu:025:s0324, hanshu:025:s0325
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: trueExplicit · hanshu:004:s0011, hanshu:004:s0103
Events and relationships
- Kind: legal · Role: official · Action: abolished · Label: abolished seizure statutes and mutual-implication law / 盡除收律、相坐法 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178Explicit · hanshu:025:s0325
- Kind: political · Role: defector · Action: left Xiang Yu with a declared break · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 陳平、韓信之去項羽 · Western Year: BC 205Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0128
- Explicit · shiji:113:s0025
- Explicit · hanshu:025:s0105
- Relation: gave-loyalty-to · Person Id: Emperor Gaozu (高祖)Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0016
- Explicit · hanshu:070:s0271
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: wise · Label: wisdom / 知 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:025:s0328
References in the histories
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