Qin and Han · Official and Aristocrat

Liu She 劉舍

Attested BC 209 - BC 141

Passages
5
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu She as an aristocrat, official, and statesman. This record brings together 5 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu She 劉舍 Liu She
Title Chancellor 丞相
Personal name Liu She 劉舍 Liu She
Alternate name Liu She 劉舍
Title Marquis of Tao 桃侯
Title Marquis of Tao 桃侯 Táo Hóu
Personal name She Shè

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 代為丞相前 · Western Interval: Start: BC 147 · End: BC 143
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:055:s0109
  • Source Date: Text: 後元年 · Western Year: BC 143
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0093
  • Source Date: Text: 景帝中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0335
  • Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0139
  • Source Date: Text: 綰代桃侯舍為丞相 · Western Year: BC 147
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0100

Career and standing

  • Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後元年 · Western Year: BC 143
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0093
  • Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0335

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 55Volume 46: The Lords of Wan, Wei, Zhi, Zhou and Zhang · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 103Biographies of Wan Shi and Zhang Shu · 1 passage