Qin and Han · Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent and Scholar

Shu Guang 疏廣

Shū Guǎng

Attested BC 67 - BC 63

Passages
12
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Shu Guang as an official, scholar, and teacher. This record brings together 12 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shu Guang 疏廣 Shū Guǎng
Given Guang
Surname Shu
Personal Shu Guang 疏廣 Shu Guang
Personal name Shu Guang 疏廣 Shu Guang
Epithet the two Shus 二疏 Er Shu
Courtesy Zhongweng 仲翁 Zhòngwēng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

  • Sibling of Elder Brother of Shu Guang (疏廣兄)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
  • Kin of Shu Shou (疏受)
    Kinship Term: nephew / 兄子 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
  • Sibling of Shu Shou (疏受)
    Kinship Term: the two Shus / 二疏 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Statement: descendants and clan members prospered from his wisdom and distributed gifts · Kinship Role: descendants · Quantity: multiple
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0075

Career and standing

  • Office: Junior Tutor to the Crown Prince / 少傅 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 地節三年 · Western Year: BC 67
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0042
  • Office: Erudite / 博士 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0041
  • Office: Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince / 太傅 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 地節三年 · Western Year: BC 67
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0042
  • Office: Grandee of the Fourth Rank / Palace Grandee / 太中大夫 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0041

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: retiree · Action: practiced-knowing-when-to-stop
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0197

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: knew when to stop and thus escaped shame and danger; ranked next after Jun Buyi · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0197

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 11 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 52Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient · 1 passage