Jian Xuan (減宣) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Jian Xuan as an official. This record brings together 3 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	Jian Xuan	減宣	Jian Xuan
Given		宣	Xuan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:070:s0004

Roles

Official

Career and standing

Palace Assistant Censor
Explicit · hanshu:027:s0180

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

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而御史大夫張湯方貴用事，減宣、杜周等為中丞，義縱、尹齊、王溫舒等用急刻為九卿，直指夏蘭之屬始出。 At this time the Censor-in-Chief Zhang Tang was powerful and in charge of affairs. Jian Xuan and Du Zhou served as Palace Assistant Censors; Yi Zong, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu, and others, who used harsh severity, became Nine Ministers; and direct investigators such as Xia Lan first appeared.

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 2 passages

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奏事中意，任用，與減宣更為中丞者十餘歲。 His reports always matched what the emperor wanted to hear, and he rose steadily, serving for over ten years as vice director of the secretariat in rotation with Jian Xuan.

宣為左內史，周為廷尉，其治大抵放張湯，而善候司。 When Jian Xuan held the left metropolitan superintendency, Du Zhou became commandant of justice. His judicial style broadly followed Zhang Tang's, but he was even better at reading the court and shadowing suspects.