Overview
The translated histories identify Shen Buhai as an official, philosopher, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 16 passages from 9 chapters across 6 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Shen Buhai | 申子 | Shen Buhai |
| Personal name | Master Shen | 申子 | Shēn Zǐ |
| Title | Master Shen | 申子 | |
| Surname | Shen | 申 | Shen |
| Title | Shen Buhai | 申子 | Shen Buhai |
| Personal | Shen Buhai | 申 | Shen |
| Personal | Shen Buhai | 申 | Shen Buhai |
| Personal | Shen Buhai | 申不害 | |
| Personal name | Shen Buhai | 申不害 | Shen Buhai |
| Personal | Shen Buhai | 申不害 | Shen Buhai |
| Personal name | Shen Buhai | 申 | |
| Personal | Shen Zi | 申子 | Shenzi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:085:s0072, liangshu:042:s0117
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:101:s0150
Roles
- Official
- Philosopher
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: unspecified · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭侯二十二年 · Western Year: BC 337Explicit · shiji:045:s0063
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: BC 475-221 · Western Interval: Start: BC 475 · End: BC 221Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 戰國 · Western Interval: Start: BC 400 · End: BC 337Strongly inferred · shiji:101:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 戰國 · Western Year: BC 350Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0153
- Source Date: Text: 昭侯八年 · Western Year: BC 351Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 昭侯用為相…十五年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 351 · End: BC 337Explicit · shiji:063:s0048, shiji:063:s0049
- Source Date: Text: 楊、墨、釋、老 · Western Interval: Start: BC 400 · End: BC 337Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:298:s0095
- Source Date: Text: 申不害 · Western Year: BC 337Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 申子 · Western Interval: Start: BC 400 · End: BC 337Explicit · liangshu:042:s0117
Career and standing
- Label: humble minister of Zheng / 鄭之賤臣Explicit · shiji:063:s0047
- Label: prime minister / 相 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:063:s0048
- Label: chancellor of Han / 相韓 · Action: held · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 昭侯八年 · Western Year: BC 351Explicit · shiji:045:s0060
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han / 韓 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:025:s0153
- Place: Jing / 京Explicit · shiji:063:s0047
Learning and skills
- Belief: Huang-Lao / 黃老 · Relation: based-onExplicit · shiji:063:s0051
Works and attributed material
- Work: Shen Zi (two chapters) / 申子 · Relation: authorExplicit · shiji:063:s0052
- Kind: quotation · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · liangshu:042:s0117
Events and relationships
- Kind: governance · Role: minister · Action: ordered-state-strengthened-troops · Place: Han / 韓Explicit · shiji:063:s0049, shiji:063:s0050
- Relation: employed-by · Organization: Han state / 韓Explicit · hanshu:025:s0153
- Relation: employed-by · Person Id: Marquis Zhao (韓昭侯)Explicit · shiji:063:s0048
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: lowly and humble, applying himself to name and reality · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:063:s0144
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:085:s0072, liangshu:042:s0117
References in the histories
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