Qin and Han · Official and Writer

Huang Xiang 黃香

Huáng Xiāng

Attested AD 84 - AD 106

Passages
15
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Huang Xiang as an administrator, judge, official, and scholar. This record brings together 15 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Huang Xiang 黃香 Huáng Xiāng
Surname Huang Huang
Personal Huang Xiang 黄香 Huang Xiang
Nickname matchless Huang lad of Jiangxia 天下无双江夏黄童
Courtesy Wenqiang 文强 Wenqiang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Judge
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

Family

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Career and standing

  • Label: Administrator of Wei / 魏郡太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延平元年 · Western Year: AD 106
  • Label: Prefect of the Masters of Writing / 尚书令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元六年 · Western Year: AD 94
  • Label: Left Assistant / 左丞 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元四年 · Western Year: AD 92
  • Label: Gentleman of the Masters of Writing / 尚书郎 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Gentleman / 郎中 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Prefect of the Masters of Writing / 尚書令 · Action: held
  • Label: Prefect of the Masters of Writing / 尚书令 · Action: retained
  • Status: poverty · Action: endured
  • Status: dismissed · Action: suffered

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: cherished human life; sought lightest statutes · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: over-fortunate · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
  • Assessment: unrivaled Huang boy of Jiangxia · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
  • Assessment: utmost filial devotion · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
  • Kind: household · Statement: poor household without servants or concubines; personally labored to support his father

Source notes

  • Statement: salary raised to two thousand shi and granted 300,000 cash

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 28Volume 25: Biography of Zhuo, Lu, Wei, Liu · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 14 passages