Guo Xie 郭解

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Xu Fu (許負)
  maternal grandmother 外祖母 · maternal line · 2 generations · Through Mother of Guo Xie (郭解母)
  maternal grandson 外孫 · maternal line · 2 generations · Through Mother of Guo Xie (郭解母)
  maternal grandson 外孫 · maternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 52; Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 51
• Kin of Elder brother's son of Guo Xie (郭解兄子)
  elder brother's son 兄子 · paternal line · Through Elder brother of Guo Xie (郭解兄)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 95
• Kin of Sister's son of Guo Xie (郭解姊子)
  sister's son 姊子 · maternal line · Through Elder sister of Guo Xie (郭解姊)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 62, 68
• Kin of Sister's son of Guo Jie (郭解姊子)
  maternal uncle 舅 · Through Sister of Guo Jie (郭解姊)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 61
• Kin of Brother's son of Guo Jie (郭解兄子)
  paternal uncle 伯叔 · Through Brother of Guo Jie (郭解兄)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 98
• Sibling of Sister of Guo Jie (郭解姊)
  brother 兄 · Full siblings
  sister 姊 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 64
• Sibling of Brother of Guo Jie (郭解兄)
  brother 兄 · Full siblings
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 98
• Sibling of Elder brother of Guo Xie (郭解兄)
  elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Han 104, passage 95
• Sibling of Elder sister of Guo Xie (郭解姊)
  elder sister 姊 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 62, 64
• Child of Father of Guo Xie (郭解父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 53
• Child of Father of Guo Jie (郭解父)
  son 子
  father 父
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 52
• Child of Mother of Guo Xie (郭解母)
  mother 母
  Strongly inferred · Book of Han 104, passage 52
• Child of Mother of Guo Xie (郭解母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 99
• Child of Mother of Guo Jie (郭解母)
  son 子 · maternal line
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passages 51, 105

• Kinship Role household/family · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 99

Career and standing

• knight-errant 俠
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 59, 108
• wandering knight-errant 布衣遊俠
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 15
• common cloth / commoner 布衣
  Commoner
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 93, 108
• Clan exterminated
  Execution · Authority Gongsun Hong (公孫弘)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passages 117-119
• killings all before amnesties 所殺皆在赦前
  Prior killings covered by amnesty · Investigated
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 103
• Ordered arrest
  Arrest · Authority Emperor Wu of Han (漢武帝)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 104

Places and affiliations

• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Lived under
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 15, 52
• Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Associated with
  Strongly inferred · Book of Han 104, passage 273
• Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Lived under
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passages 90, 92-93
• At Zhi in Henei 河內軹 · Relation Native of
  Strongly inferred · Book of Han 104, passages 95, 104
• At Zhi in Henei 河內軹
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 52
• At Zhi 軹
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 51

Works and attributed material

• Narrative · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 55-57
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 68, 73-74, 82-84
• Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passages 68, 74, 83-85

Events and relationships

• Acquitted killer blamed nephew
  Legal · Judge · With Sister's son of Guo Xie (郭解姊子)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 68-69
• Avenged friends harbored fugitives raided counterfeited robbed graves
  Criminal · Perpetrator
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 56
• Captured and investigated
  BC 124 to BC 121 御史大夫公孫弘議 · Legal · Defendant
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passages 103, 106-107
• Excused lounger from corvee
  Personal · Benefactor
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 73-74, 76
• Fled arrest
  BC 124 to BC 121 御史大夫公孫弘議 · Legal · Fugitive
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passages 98-99
• Follower killed critical scholar
  Violent · Beneficiary
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 105-106

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment commoner practicing knight-errantry and wielding power; guilt greater when followers kill without his knowledge · Mode speech Speaker Gongsun Hong (公孫弘)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 108-109
• Assessment had unusual charitable bearing but not true morality; death and clan destruction not misfortune · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 24-25
• Assessment power reached even to make a general speak; household not poor · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Wu (漢武帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 93
• Assessment private honor and modesty praiseworthy though clashed with laws · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passages 27, 30
• Assessment secret viciousness remained; ready to strike over a sideways glance · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 60
• Assessment used as comparison for Yuan She's dual nature · With Yuan She (原涉) · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 273

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 273