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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Shu Guang | 疏廣 | Shū Guǎng |
| Given | Guang | 廣 | |
| Surname | Shu | 疏 | |
| 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
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:082:s0039, hanshu:082:s0197
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Teacher
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 二疏 · Western Year: BC 67Explicit · liangshu:052:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 元康三年 · Western Year: BC 63Explicit · hanshu:082:s0056, hanshu:082:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 地節三年 · Western Year: BC 67Explicit · hanshu:082:s0042
- Source Date: Text: 疏廣行止足之計 · Western Year: BC 67Strongly inferred · hanshu:082:s0197
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: multipleExplicit · 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 67Explicit · hanshu:082:s0042
- Office: Erudite / 博士 · Action: appointedExplicit · 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 67Explicit · hanshu:082:s0042
- Office: Grandee of the Fourth Rank / Palace Grandee / 太中大夫 · Action: promotedExplicit · hanshu:082:s0041
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han · Relation: official-ofExplicit · hanshu:082:s0039
- Place: Lanling, Donghai / 東海蘭陵Explicit · hanshu:082:s0039
Works and attributed material
- Work: Spring and Autumn Annals / 春秋 · Relation: scholarExplicit · hanshu:082:s0039
- Explicit · hanshu:082:s0056
- Explicit · hanshu:082:s0058
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: retiree · Action: practiced-knowing-when-to-stopExplicit · 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-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:082:s0197
References in the histories
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