Left Chancellor (左相)

Overview

The translated histories identify Left Chancellor as an official and statesman. This record brings together 3 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	Left Chancellor	左相	Zuo Xiang
Title	Chancellor	丞相	Chengxiang
Title	Left Chancellor	左相	Zuo Xiang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:104:s0068

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太子事 · Western Year: BC 91
Explicit · shiji:104:s0068

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Bao Shengzhi (暴勝之)
Explicit · shiji:104:s0124

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: led troops and assigned Tian Ren to the city gates · Other Person Id: Tian Ren (田仁)
Explicit · shiji:104:s0068, shiji:104:s0122

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104Biography of Tian Shu · 3 passages

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時左相自將兵，令司直田仁主閉守城門，坐縱太子，下吏誅死。 At the time, the Left Chancellor personally took command of the troops and ordered the Director of Justice, Tian Ren, to close and guard the city gates. Tian Ren was convicted of allowing the Crown Prince to escape, handed over to the judicial officials, and put to death.

其後逢太子有兵事，丞相自將兵，使司直主城門。 Later, the crisis came when the Crown Prince took up arms. The Chancellor personally led troops and ordered the Director of Justice to take charge of guarding the city gates.

是時武帝在甘泉，使御史大夫暴君下責丞相「何為縱太子」，丞相對言「使司直部守城門而開太子」。 At the time, Emperor Wu was at the Ganquan Palace. He dispatched Grand Censor Bao Shengzhi to reprimand the Chancellor: "Why did you allow the Crown Prince to escape?" The Chancellor replied in his defense: "I assigned the Director of Justice to guard the city gates, but he opened them and let the Crown Prince through."