Qin and Han · Official and Chancellor

Ling 陵

Attested BC 187

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ling was an official and Chancellor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 187 陵之免丞相，呂太后乃徙平為右丞相
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 192

Career and standing

Chancellor 丞相
BC 187 陵之免丞相 · Dismissed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 192

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 192

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 192

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 56House of Chancellor Chen · 1 passage

陵之免丞相，呂太后乃徙平為右丞相，以辟陽侯審食其為左丞相。 When Ling was dismissed as Chancellor, Empress Dowager Lu transferred Ping to Right Chancellor and appointed Shen Yiji, Marquis of Piyang, as Left Chancellor.