Qin and Han · Official

Chen Ping 陳平

Chén Píng

Attested BC 67 - BC 59

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Ping was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 67 to BC 59 使掾陳平等
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 188

Career and standing

assistant clerk 掾
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 188

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 188

Events and relationships

Impeached imperial secretariat official
Legal · Impeacher
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 188

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 1 passage

又有使掾陳平等劾中尚書，疑以獨擅劫事而坐之，大不敬，長史以下皆坐死，或下蠶室。 Furthermore, Zhao had dispatched his assistants Chen Ping and others to impeach an official of the Imperial Secretariat, suspecting him of unauthorized seizure of property and convicting him of gross disrespect. The Chief Clerk and all those below him were sentenced to death, or remanded to the silkworm chamber for castration.