Qin and Han · Official

Shi Qing 石慶

Died BC 103

Passages
44
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Shi Qing as an aristocrat, family member, official, and statesman. This record brings together 44 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shi Qing 石慶 Shi Qing
Title Marquis of Muqiu 牧丘侯 Mùqiū Hóu
Title Marquis of Muqiu 牧丘侯
Posthumous name Marquis Tian 恬侯
Given name Qing Qìng
Given Qing Qing
Posthumous name Quiet Marquis 恬侯 Tián Hóu
Personal name Shi Qing 石慶 Shí Qìng
Personal name Shi Qing 石慶 Shi Qing
Given Qing
Surname Shi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Shi Jian (石建)
    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: fourth son / 次子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4
    Kinship Term: youngest son / 少子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4
  • Parent of Shi De (石德)
    Kinship Term: middle son / 中子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Kinship Role: sons and grandsons as two-thousand-bushel officials · Count: 13
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0075
  • Kinship Role: sons · Quantity: unspecified
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0046

Career and standing

  • Label: Chancellor of Qi / 齊相 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0054
  • Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 元鼎五年秋 · Western Year: BC 112
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0059
  • Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0056
  • Label: Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince / 太子太傅 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 元狩元年 · Western Year: BC 122
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0057
  • Label: Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0055
  • Label: Interior Minister / 內史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0032
  • Label: Secretary of the Capital / 內史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0034
  • Label: Chancellor of Qi / 齊相 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0056
  • Label: chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0140
  • Label: Governor of Pei / 沛守 · Action: held
  • Label: Grand Coachman / 太仆 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0054
  • Label: Grand Coachman / 太僕 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0052
  • Label: Imperial Clerk / Grandee Secretary / 御史大夫 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0055
  • Label: Imperial Secretary / 御史大夫 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0057
  • Title: Marquis of Muqiu / 牧丘侯 · Action: enfeoffed
  • Title: Quiet Marquis (posthumous) / 恬侯 · Action: bestowed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0084
  • Title: Marquis Tian / 恬侯 · Action: posthumously-titled
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0072
  • Label: fine in lieu of punishment / 贖罪 · Action: suffered
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0061

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: honest and cautious; finished term · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0142
  • Assessment: learned-thorough-cautious-but-no-grand-strategy · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0071
  • 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 · 21 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 5 passages
漢之得人,於茲為盛,儒雅則公孫弘、董仲舒、兒寬,篤行則石建、石慶,質直則汲黯、卜式,推賢則韓安國、鄭當時,定令則趙禹、張湯,文章則司馬遷、相如,滑稽則東方朔、枚皋,應對則嚴助、硃買臣,歷數則唐都、洛下閎,協律則李延年,運籌則桑弘羊,奉使則張騫、蘇武,將率則衛青、霍去病,受遺則霍光、金日磾,其餘不可勝紀。 Never did the dynasty gather talent so thickly: Hong, Dong, and Kuan for classical breadth; the Shi brothers for steadfast service; Ji An and Bu Shi for blunt loyalty; Han Anguo and Zheng Dangshi for lifting others; Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang for codifying law; Sima Qian and Xiangru for voice; jesters Dongfang Shuo and Mei Gao; debaters Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen; calendar-makers Tang Du and Luoxia Hong; the harmonist Li Yan'nian; the reckoner Sang Hongyang; envoys Zhang Qian and Su Wu; blades Wei Qing and Huo Qubing; regents Huo Guang and Jin Midi—and a cloud of names besides.
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 103Biographies of Wan Shi and Zhang Shu · 18 passages
丞相慚不任職,乃上書曰:「慶幸得待罪丞相,罷駑無以輔治,城郭倉庫空虛,民多流亡,罪當伏斧質,上不忍致法。 The Chancellor, ashamed that he could not fulfill his duties, submitted a memorial saying, "Qing has had the good fortune to serve as Chancellor while awaiting punishment; I am worn out and incapable of assisting in governance. The walled cities and storehouses are empty, and the people are fleeing in great numbers. My crime deserves execution by axe, yet Your Majesty has been unwilling to apply the law.