Overview
Dongguo Xiansheng was a scholar and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 218, 227
Career and standing
- fangshi awaiting edict 方士待詔Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 218
- Commandant of a commandery 郡都尉BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時 · AppointedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 227
- two-thousand-shi 二千石Two thousand shi rank · AttainedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 231
- scholar-in-waiting 待詔Awaiting edictDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 218, 226, 228
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 227
- At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 218
- At Office of the Public Carriage 公車 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 218, 228
Works and attributed material
- Counsel · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Wei Qing (衛青)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 219-221
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Wei Qing (衛青)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 218
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 230
Events and relationships
- Blocked carriage and offered counselDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 218-219
- Endured poverty and walked barefoot in snowPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 228-230
- Farewell banquet outside the capital gateRitual · HonoreeDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 231-232
- Relation Adviser of · Person Wei Qing (衛青)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 222, 226
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment wore coarse cloth but carried a jewel within; poverty misleads judgment of a worthy man · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 234-238
- Item blue-green sash of office 青緺 · Relation WoreDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 231
References in the histories
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