Qin and Han · Official and Diviner

Xia Heliang 夏賀良

Xià Hèliáng

Attested BC 5

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xia Heliang as a diviner and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xia Heliang 夏賀良 Xià Hèliáng
Personal Helang 賀良

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diviner
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Attendant-at-edict / 侍詔 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:012:s0139
  • Status: executed · Action: punished-for-misleading · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建平二年八月 · Western Year: BC 5

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: proponent · Action: proposed changing era name and title per Red Essence Child prophecy · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建平二年 · Western Year: BC 5
    Explicit · hanshu:012:s0139

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 4 passages