Overview
The translated histories identify Shang Lu as an official and statesman. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Shang Lu | 商輅 | Shang Lu |
| Title | Grand Secretary | 大學士 | |
| Personal name | Shang Lu | 商輅 | Shang Lu |
| Personal | Shang Lu | 商輅 | Shāng Lù |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0010, mingshi:014:s0022
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 成化二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1487Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0195
- Source Date: Text: 成化十三年 · Western Year: AD 1477Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 景帝疾亟 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:169:s0220
Career and standing
- Label: Grand Secretary / 大學士 · Action: heldExplicit · mingshi:014:s0022
- Status: retired · Action: retiredExplicit · mingshi:014:s0025
- Legal Action: removal from the official register / 除名 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0010
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0010
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: recalled · Action: recalled-to-office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:014:s0195
- Kind: political · Role: petitioner · Action: requested-abolition-of-Western-DepotExplicit · mingshi:014:s0022
References in the histories
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