Chu Da (褚大) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Chu Da as an official, scholar, and teacher. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chu Da	褚大	Chu Da
Personal name	Chu Da	褚大	Chu Da
Given		大	Da
Surname		褚	Chu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0247

Roles

Official
Scholar
Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 時寬為弟子 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 110
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Source Date: Text: 與寬議封禪於上前 · Western Year: BC 110
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Career and standing

Label: minister of Liang / 梁相
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Label: erudite / 博士 · Action: held
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Erudite
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Places and affiliations

Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
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Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Relation: traveled-to
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Learning and skills

Label: Five Classics / 五經 · Relation: versed-in
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Text: The sovereign truly knows men. / 上誠知人。 · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: court-debate · Role: participant · Action: debated · Other Person Id: Er Kuan (兒寬) · Topic: Feng and Shan sacrifices / 封禪
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Kind: political · Role: summoned-candidate · Action: summoned-for-office · Label: imperial counselor / 御史大夫
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Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Er Kuan (兒寬)
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0247

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: could not match Er Kuan in debating Feng and Shan · Other Person Id: Er Kuan (兒寬) · Provenance: Mode: narrative
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References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

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犯法者眾，吏不能盡誅，於是遣博士褚大、徐偃等分行郡國，舉并兼之徒守相為利者。 Unable to enforce universally, the state shifted to targeted investigations of major profiteers and complicit officials.

Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 4 passages

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初，梁相褚大通《五經》，為博士，時寬為弟子。 Long before, Liang minister Chu Da, a Five-Classics scholar and court erudite, had numbered Kuan among his students.

及御史大夫缺，征褚大，大自以為得御史大夫。 When the censor's chair fell empty, the court called for Chu Da, who assumed the job was his.

至洛陽，聞兒寬為之，褚大笑。 At Luoyang he learned Er Kuan held the post—and laughed aloud.

及至，與寬議封禪於上前，大不能及，退而服曰：「上誠知人。」 When Chu Da reached court and debated the Feng and Shan sacrifices with Kuan before the emperor, he could not match him. Afterward he conceded, "The sovereign truly knows men."