Ancient China · Chu Loyalist

Shen Baoxu 申包胥

Attested BC 506 - BC 505

Passages
5
Chapters
4
Histories
4

Overview

The translated histories identify Shen Baoxu as a diplomat, envoy, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shen Baoxu 申包胥 Shen Baoxu
Personal name Baoxu 包胥 Baoxu
Personal name Shen Baoxu
Personal name Shen Baoxu 申包胥 Shen Baoxu
Personal Shen Baoxu 包胥 Bāoxū

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diplomat
  • Envoy
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 包胥 · Western Interval: Start: BC 506 · End: BC 505
    Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:108:s0119
  • Source Date: Text: 包胥垂涕 · Western Year: BC 506
    Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0153
  • Source Date: Text: 春秋之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 506 · End: BC 506
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0198

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 1 passage
Book of Jin, Chapter 108Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 17: Xie Chaozong, Liu Xiang · 2 passages