Qin and Han · Hermit

Shang Ziping 尚子平

Attested AD 25 - AD 57

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shang Ziping was a Hermit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 57 尚子平之志
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 30

Events and relationships

Allusion · Exemplar of withdrawal
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 30

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 30

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

自兒娶女嫁，便懷尚子平之志，數與親知言之，非一日也。 Ever since my sons married and my daughters were given away, I have nursed the wish, like Shang Ziping of old, to leave public life; I have said as much to family and friends again and again, and not just yesterday.