Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Statesman

Guo Zan 郭贄

Attested AD 982 - AD 995

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Zan was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 982 to AD 995 郭贄參知政事
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 268, passages 67-68

Career and standing

Vice Grand Councilor 參知政事
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 67

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 67

Works and attributed material

Told the emperor of Rong solicitation
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 68

Events and relationships

Reported Rong private solicitation
Legal · Complainant · With Zhao Rong (趙鎔)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 68

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 67

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 27: Chai Yuxi, Zhang Xun, Yang Shouyi, Zhao Rong, Zhou Ying, Wang Ji Ying, Wang Xian · 2 passages

郭贄參知政事，鎔以同府之舊，嘗有所請托，贄不從。 When Guo Zan served as Vice Grand Councilor, Zhao Rong, as a former colleague in the same office, once asked a favor, but Zan refused.

鎔摭堂吏過失以聞，贄見上，白鎔私謁，即召鎔廷辯。 Rong gathered the clerks' faults and reported them; Zan told the emperor of Rong's private solicitation, and the emperor at once summoned Rong for a hearing at court.