Hong Ru (閎孺) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hong Ru was a Courtier.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

BC 195 to BC 188 early Western Han, Hui era favorite 閎孺
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 105, passage 273
BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠時
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 2, 4; Records of the Grand Historian 125, passages 5, 7

Book of Han, Chapter 105 Volume 93: Flatterers 3 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 125 Biographies of Flatterers 2 passages

Held
BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠時 · Imperial favorite
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 2-3
Held
Imperial favorite
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passages 5-6

BC 195 to BC 188 孝惠時
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 2, 4
Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 105, passage 273
BC 195 to BC 188 兩人徙家安陵
At Anling 安陵 · Relation Household moved to
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 5
At Anling 安陵 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 8

Relocated household
Domestic · Subject · At Anling 安陵
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 8
Used by ministers to reach the throne
Political · Go between
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 3

Assessment among male favorites who swayed rulers, less favored than Dong Xian · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 273
Assessment no talent; rose by charm; shared the sovereigns sleeping and rising · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 3
Assessment no talent; rose only by flattery · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 6

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 3 passages

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 125Biographies of Flatterers · 2 passages