Qin and Han · Official

Shi Jian 石建

Died BC 123

Passages
22
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Shi Jian as a family member and official. This record brings together 22 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shi Jian 石建 Shi Jian
Given name Jian Jiàn
Given Jian
Surname Shi
Personal name Shi Jian 石建 Shí Jiàn
Personal name Shi Jian 石建 Shi Jian
Given Jian
Surname Shi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Shi Qing (石慶)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
  • Child of Shi Fen (石奮)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1

Career and standing

  • Label: Palace Commandant / 郎中令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0034
  • Label: Palace Steward / 郎中令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0032

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: domestic · Role: actor · Action: washed-father-clothes-secretly · Other Person Id: Shi Fen (石奮)
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0036
  • Kind: filial-service · Role: son · Action: washed-parents-clothes-secretly
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0034

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: gentlemen mocked him for washing clothes · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0160
  • Assessment: most filial of the household · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0049
  • Assessment: most-filial-surpassing-even-Wanshi · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0048
  • Assessment: steadfast conduct (篤行) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0258

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 55Volume 46: The Lords of Wan, Wei, Zhi, Zhou and Zhang · 10 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 103Biographies of Wan Shi and Zhang Shu · 10 passages
建為郎中令,每五日洗沐歸謁親,入子舍,竊問侍者,取親中帬廁牏,身自浣滌,復與侍者,不敢令萬石君知,以為常。 While serving as Palace Steward, Jian would return home every five days during his rest period to visit his parents. He would slip into the servants' quarters, secretly ask for his father's undergarments and chamber-pot linings, wash them himself, then return them to the servants—never daring to let the Marquis of Wanshi know. This became his constant practice.
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 109Biography of General Li · 1 passage