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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Huang Xiang | 黃香 | Huáng Xiāng |
| Surname | Huang | 黄 | 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
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0198
- Value: maleExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0207
Roles
- Administrator
- Judge
- Official
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Place: at home / 家 · Sequence: months-after-dismissalExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0237
Age
- Age: 12 · Reckoning: sui · At: summoned-by-Liu-HuExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0200
- Age: 9 · Reckoning: sui · At: mother-deathExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0199
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元和元年 · Western Year: AD 84Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0203
- Source Date: Text: 延平元年 · Western Year: AD 106Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0232
- Source Date: Text: 永元六年 · Western Year: AD 94Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0210
- Source Date: Text: 永元十一年後 · Western Year: AD 99Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:028:s0205, houhanshu:028:s0207
- Source Date: Text: 永元十二年 · Western Year: AD 100Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0225
- Source Date: Text: 永元四年 · Western Year: AD 92Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0208
Family
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- Child of Father of Huang Xiang (黄香父)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Mother of Huang Xiang (黄香母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Huang Qiong (黄琼)Kinship Term: son / 子
Kinship Term: son / 子
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 106Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0232
- Label: Prefect of the Masters of Writing / 尚书令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元六年 · Western Year: AD 94Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0210
- Label: Left Assistant / 左丞 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元四年 · Western Year: AD 92Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0208
- Label: Gentleman of the Masters of Writing / 尚书郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0206
- Label: Gentleman / 郎中 · Action: appointedExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0203
- Label: Prefect of the Masters of Writing / 尚書令 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0207
- Label: Prefect of the Masters of Writing / 尚书令 · Action: retainedExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0223
- Status: poverty · Action: enduredExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0201
- Status: dismissed · Action: sufferedExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0237
Places and affiliations
- Place: Anlu in Jiangxia / 江夏安陆Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0198
Works and attributed material
- Work: fu, memoranda, memorials, letters, orders / 赋笺奏书令 · Relation: authorExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0238
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0234, houhanshu:089:s0235
Events and relationships
- Kind: scholarly-debate · Role: participant · Action: debated classical questions at Emperor He's audience · Other Person Ids: Lu Pi (魯丕), Jia Kui (賈逵)Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0207
- Kind: political · Role: memorialist · Action: declined-Dong-commandery-appointmentExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0211
- Kind: administrative · Role: reformer · Action: gave-commandery-gardens-to-commonersExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0234, houhanshu:089:s0235
- Kind: personal · Role: mourner · Action: grieved-for-mother-at-age-nineExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0199
- Kind: court · Role: honoree · Action: praised-before-princes-by-Emperor-ZhangExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0204
- Kind: scholarly · Role: reader · Action: read-unseen-books-at-Eastern-Lodge · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元和元年 · Western Year: AD 84Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0203
- Kind: relief · Role: benefactor · Action: shared-salary-and-gifts-in-famineExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0236
- Kind: legal · Role: judge · Action: spared-many-in-Qing-Zhongliao-case · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元十二年 · Western Year: AD 100Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0225, houhanshu:089:s0226
- Relation: retained-by · Person Id: Emperor He (和帝)Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0209
- Relation: protege-of · Person Id: Liu Hu (刘护)Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0200
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: cherished human life; sought lightest statutes · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0227
- Assessment: over-fortunate · Provenance: Mode: named-source-reportExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0231
- Assessment: unrivaled Huang boy of Jiangxia · Provenance: Mode: named-source-reportExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0202
- Assessment: utmost filial devotion · Provenance: Mode: named-source-reportExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0199
- Kind: household · Statement: poor household without servants or concubines; personally labored to support his fatherExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0201
Source notes
- Statement: salary raised to two thousand shi and granted 300,000 cashExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0223
References in the histories
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