Ancient China · Official

Pu 蒲

Attested BC 522 - BC 481

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 522 to BC 481 蒲、密之化
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 92, passage 17

Assessments and attributes

Assessment model of gentle local transformation invoked by contrast with yearly rotation of Song magistrates · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 17

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 52: Liang Li · 1 passage

蒞民之官，遷變歲屬，灶不得黔，席未暇暖，蒲、密之化，事未易階。 Magistrates who governed the people were rotated every year; their stoves never blackened and their mats never grew warm. The gentle governance once seen under officials such as Pu and Mi could no longer be achieved.