Dongfang Shuo (東方朔)

Overview

Dongfang Shuo was a scholar and Official.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Nickname	the Madman	狂人

BC 121 其後一歲所
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 204-205
BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 146

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kinship Role wives · Quantity successive · kept each about a year then discarded and took another
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 155-156

palace gentleman 郎
BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時 · Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 150
attendant and reception officer 侍謁者
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 160
Attendant Gentleman 侍郎
Held · never rose above this office over decades
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 170
grant of public fields 公田
Received · At a certain place 某所
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 199-200
Halberd-Bearer 執戟
Rank · Held · never surpassed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 170
kept in attendance at the emperor's side 常在側侍中
Attendant at side · Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 150

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 146, 170
At Qi 齊
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 146
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 147
At Gate of the Golden Horse 金馬門 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 164-166

Subjects ancient traditions and writings 古傳書, the Classics 經術, writings of other schools 外家之語
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 146
Subjects arts of the former kings 先王之術, Odes 詩, Documents 書, hundred schools 百家
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 168
Belief hiding from the world at court 避世於朝廷 · Relation Professed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 162, 164-165
Skill identifying omens and creatures 知騶牙 · Level claimed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 197, 201
Skill broad learning in the Classics and other schools 博觀外家之語 · Level wide
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 146

memorial of three thousand tablets 三千奏牘
Relation Author
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 147
writings on bamboo and silk 竹帛
Relation Author
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 169
Song · Speaker · Direct quotation · At Gate of the Golden Horse 金馬門 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Dongfang Shuo (東方朔)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 164-165
Speech · Addressee · Direct quotation · court academicians' challenge · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 167-171
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Emperor Wu (武帝) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Dongfang Shuo (東方朔)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 197, 199
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Dongfang Shuo (東方朔)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 162-163, 172-191, 201-203

Ate before the emperor and carried off leftover meat
Court · Recipient
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 152-153
Called mad by a palace gentleman
Court · Addressee
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 161
Challenged by court academicians
Debate · Respondent
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 167, 192
Identified zouya
Identification · Diviner scholar · With Emperor Wu (武帝) · At Jianzhang Palace 建章宮
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 196, 201-203
Predicted distant peoples submission
BC 121 其後一歲所 · Prediction · Predictor · Outcome Confirmed by Hunye surrender · With King Hunye (混邪王)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 202, 204
Sent bearing imperial tally
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 160

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Submitted memorial
Petition · Author · At Office of the Public Carriage 公車 · Material three thousand bamboo tablets 三千奏牘
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 147-148
Summoned to talk
Court · Conversationalist · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 151
Took young wives in Changan with bestowed wealth
Personal · Actor · At Chang'an 長安
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 155-157
Relation Compared with · Person Su Qin (蘇秦) · scholars contrasted him with Su Qin
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 167, 180
Relation Compared with · Person Zhang Yi (張儀) · scholars contrasted him with Zhang Yi
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 167, 180
Relation Served · Person Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 150, 170

Assessment always-delighted-the-emperor · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 151
Assessment considered himself without peer; broadly learned and eloquent · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 169
Assessment madman · Mode named-source-report Witness half the palace gentlemen
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 158
BC 121 其後一歲所
Item abundant money and treasure 錢財甚多 · Relation Received
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 205
Item leftover meat 餘肉 · Relation Carried off
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 153
Item public fields with fishponds and reed beds of several qing 公田魚池蒲葦數頃 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 199-200