Ancient China · Teacher

Shi Ju 史舉

Attested BC 320 - BC 314

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shi Ju was a Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 320 to BC 314 事下蔡史舉先生，學百家之說
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 172

Career and standing

gatekeeper of Xiaca 下蔡之監門
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 172

Places and affiliations

At Xiaca 下蔡 · Relation Served at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 172

Events and relationships

Relation Teacher of · Person Gan Mao (甘茂)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 172

Assessments and attributes

Assessment lowly and unprincipled; did not serve his lord or household · Mode quotation Speaker Fan Quan (范蜎)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 172

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 71Biographies of Shu Lizi and Gan Mao · 1 passage

夫史舉，下蔡之監門也，大不為事君，小不為家室，以茍賤不廉聞於世，甘茂事之順焉。 Shi Ju was a gatekeeper of Xiaca. On the great scale he did not serve his lord; on the small scale he did not maintain his household, and he was known throughout the world as lowly and unprincipled. Yet Gan Mao served him compliantly.