Qin and Han · Official

Tian Shu 田叔

Attested BC 200 - BC 141

Passages
36
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Shu as an administrator, courtier, named individual, and official. This record brings together 36 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tian Shu 田叔 Tian Shu
Given Shu 叔
Surname Tian 田
Personal name Tian Shu 田叔 Tian Shu
Given 叔 Shu
Surname 田 Tian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Courtier
  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Student

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: BC 198
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:041:s0211
  • Source Date: Text: 孝文帝初立 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit · hanshu:046:s0106
  • Source Date: Text: 景帝召叔案梁 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
    Explicit · hanshu:046:s0119
  • Source Date: Text: 景帝召田叔案梁 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:104:s0039
  • Source Date: Text: 漢七年 · Western Year: BC 200
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:104:s0007, shiji:104:s0001
  • Source Date: Text: 趙午、貫高…謀弒上 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 198
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:046:s0099, hanshu:046:s0101
  • Source Date: Text: 高后崩…立孝文帝 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:104:s0020

Family

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  • Parent of Tian Ren (田仁)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: youngest son / 少子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: youngest son / 少子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: Gentleman of the Palace / 郎中
    Explicit · shiji:104:s0005
  • Label: chancellor of Lu / 魯相 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:046:s0126
  • Label: Chancellor of Lu / 魯相 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:104:s0048
  • Label: gentleman of the palace / 郎中 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:046:s0097
  • Label: Gentleman of the Palace / 郎中 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:104:s0005
  • Label: governor of Hanzhong / 漢中守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:046:s0105
  • Label: Governor of Hanzhong / 漢中守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:104:s0020
  • Status: dismissed · Action: entered
    Explicit · shiji:104:s0038
  • Status: lost-office · Action: entered
    Explicit · hanshu:046:s0118
  • Label: convicted of a legal offense and stripped of office / 坐法失官 · Action: punished
    Explicit · shiji:104:s0038

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: forthright, incorruptible, and even-handed · Provenance: Mode: narrator
    Explicit · shiji:104:s0004, shiji:104:s0006
  • Assessment: knew where he stood; matched ancient martyrs · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:046:s0146

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 2 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 41Volume 32: Zhang Er and Chen Yu · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 46Volume 37: Ji Bu, Luan Bu and Tian Shu · 13 passages
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叔叩頭曰：「夫貫高等謀反，天子下明詔，趙有敢隨張王者罪三族，然孟舒自髡鉗，隨張王，以身死之，豈自知為雲中守哉！ Tian Shu kowtowed and said, "When Guan Gao and his fellow plotters rose against the throne, the Son of Heaven decreed death for three generations of any Zhao official who followed King Zhang—yet Meng Shu shaved his head, took the collar, and followed his lord to the grave. How could he have dreamed he would one day govern Yunzhong?
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104Biography of Tian Shu · 20 passages
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