Qin and Han · Prison Officer and Judicial Authority

Lord Yu 于公

Yú Gōng

Attested BC 74

Passages
8
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Lord Yu as an official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lord Yu 于公 Yú Gōng
Honorific Lord Yu 于公 Yú Gōng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Parent of Yu Dingguo (于定國)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Office: Commandery Sentencing Officer / 郡決曹 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0081
  • Office: County Prison Clerk / 縣獄吏 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0081

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: fair and upright judge who never condemned the innocent · Evaluator: historian · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0081

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 8 passages