Ancient China · Official and Philosopher

Fu Ziqian 宓子賤

Attested BC 520 - BC 480

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fu Ziqian was an official and Philosopher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 520 to BC 480 宓子賤
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 249-250

Places and affiliations

Polity Lu 魯 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 249

Assessments and attributes

Assessment clerks could not bear to cheat him; a sage of old · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 249-250

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 1 passage

或問曰：鄭子產吏不能欺，宓子賤吏不忍欺，西門豹吏不敢欺。 One might ask: "With Zichan of Zheng, clerks could not cheat him; with Master Fu Ziqian, they could not bear to cheat him; with Ximen Bao, they did not dare cheat him."