Qin and Han · Official and Judge

Jian Xuan 減宣

Attested BC 114

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jian Xuan was an official and Judge.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 114 減宣、杜周等為中丞
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 172, 177

Career and standing

Assistant Censor 中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 30Treatise on the Balanced Standard · 1 passage

而御史大夫張湯方隆貴用事，減宣、杜周等為中丞，義縱、尹齊、王溫舒等用慘急刻深為九卿，而直指夏蘭之屬始出矣。 At this time, Imperial Censor Zhang Tang was rising in power and controlling affairs. Jian Xuan, Du Zhou, and others were appointed assistant censors; Yi Zong, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu, and others used cruel, urgent, harsh, and searching methods as ministers among the Nine Ministers. Officials such as the Direct Commissioner Xia Lan began to appear.