Overview
Dongfang Shuo was a Courtier and Jester.
Life and dates
Death
- BC 141 to BC 87 至老，朔且死時IllnessDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 206, 212
Age
- in old age 至老Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 206
Attested activity
- BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 210
- BC 141 to BC 87 至老，朔且死時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 206, 212
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 206, 210
Works and attributed material
- Admonition · Speaker · With Emperor Wu (武帝) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 206-209
Events and relationships
- Offered deathbed admonitionDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 206, 209
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment dying words were good, matching the saying that a man about to die speaks well · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 213-215
References in the histories
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