Qin and Han · Official and General

Deng Yu 鄧禹

Attested AD 25 - AD 36

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Deng Yu was an official and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 36 鄧禹笑人
Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 128

Assessments and attributes

Assessment would laugh at Wang Rong's obscurity · Mode speaker-judgment Speaker Wang Rong (王融)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 128

References in the histories

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 1 passage

嘗夜直省中，撫案歎曰：「為爾寂寂，鄧禹笑人！」 Once, on night duty in the secretariat, he leaned on his desk and sighed, "To live so obscurely—Deng Yu would laugh at me!"