Qin and Han · Grand Master of Ceremonies and Official

Chong 充

Chōng

Attested BC 117 - BC 117

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chong was a Grand Master of Ceremonies and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 117 六年四月丙申
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 85-86, 94
BC 117 六年四月癸未
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 74-75, 94

Career and standing

Grandee Secretary 御史大夫
Acted as
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 75
Grand Master of Ceremonies 太常
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 75, 86

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 75

Works and attributed material

Reported divination
Report · Author
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 86
Memorial · Author · With The Emperor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 75, 82

Events and relationships

Reported auspicious day
BC 117 四月二十八日乙巳 · Ritual · Diviner reporter
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 86, 94

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 75

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 60House of the Three Kings · 2 passages

「丞相臣青翟、太仆臣賀、行御史大夫事太常臣充、太子少傅臣安行宗正事昧死言：臣青翟等前奏大司馬臣去病上疏言，皇子未有號位，臣謹與御史大夫臣湯、中二千石、二千石、諫大夫、博士臣慶等昧死請立皇子臣閎等為諸侯王。 "The Chancellor Qing Di, the Grand Coachman He, the Grand Master of Ceremonies Chong acting as Grandee Secretary, and An, the Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince, acting as Director of the Imperial Clan, at the risk of death state: We, your servants Qing Di and the others, previously submitted a memorial regarding the Grand Marshal Qubing's petition stating that the imperial princes have not yet been granted titles. We respectfully, together with the Grandee Secretary Tang, the officials of the central two-thousand-shi and two-thousand-shi ranks, the Remonstrant Officials, and the Erudites including Qing, at the risk of death requested that the imperial princes Hong and the others be established as feudal kings.

「太仆臣賀行御史大夫事昧死言：太常臣充言卜入四月二十八日乙巳，可立諸侯王。 "The Grand Coachman He, acting as Grandee Secretary, at the risk of death states: The Grand Master of Ceremonies Chong reports that divination has determined the twenty-eighth day of the fourth month, the yisi day, to be auspicious for establishing the feudal kings.