Hu Sui (壺遂) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Hu Sui as an official and scholar. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Hu Sui	壺遂	Hú Suì
Title	Director of Palace Affairs	詹事	Zhānshì

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:108:s0118

Roles

Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died / 卒
Explicit · shiji:108:s0146

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元朔二年中 · Western Year: BC 127
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:108:s0143, shiji:108:s0144
Source Date: Text: 於梁舉壺遂 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:108:s0118

Career and standing

Label: Director of Palace Affairs / 詹事 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:108:s0146

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: profound inner reserve and hidden depth; inner integrity and cultivated conduct · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
Explicit · shiji:108:s0144, shiji:108:s0147

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 108Biography of Han Changru · 4 passages

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於梁舉壺遂、臧固、郅他，皆天下名士，士亦以此稱慕之，唯天子以為國器。 While in Liang, he recommended Hu Sui, Zang Gu, and Zhi Ta, all renowned scholars of the realm. The scholarly community praised and admired him for this, and even the Emperor regarded him as a pillar of the state.

太史公曰：余與壺遂定律歷，觀韓長孺之義，壺遂之深中隱厚。 The Grand Historian says: I worked with Hu Sui on establishing the calendar and laws, and observed Han Changru's integrity and Hu Sui's profound inner reserve and hidden depth of character.

壺遂官至詹事，天子方倚以為漢相，會遂卒。 Hu Sui rose to the office of Director of Palace Affairs, and the Emperor was on the verge of appointing him Chancellor of Han when Hu Sui died.

不然，壺遂之內廉行修，斯鞠躬君子也。 Had it not been so, given Hu Sui's inner integrity and cultivated conduct, he would truly have been a gentleman devoted body and soul to the state.