Qin and Han · Official

Xia Lan 夏蘭

Attested BC 114

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xia Lan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 114 直指夏蘭之屬始出矣
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 172, 177

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Direct Commissioner 直指
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

而御史大夫張湯方貴用事，減宣、杜周等為中丞，義縱、尹齊、王溫舒等用急刻為九卿，直指夏蘭之屬始出。 At this time the Censor-in-Chief Zhang Tang was powerful and in charge of affairs. Jian Xuan and Du Zhou served as Palace Assistant Censors; Yi Zong, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu, and others, who used harsh severity, became Nine Ministers; and direct investigators such as Xia Lan first appeared.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 30Treatise on the Balanced Standard · 1 passage

而御史大夫張湯方隆貴用事，減宣、杜周等為中丞，義縱、尹齊、王溫舒等用慘急刻深為九卿，而直指夏蘭之屬始出矣。 At this time, Imperial Censor Zhang Tang was rising in power and controlling affairs. Jian Xuan, Du Zhou, and others were appointed assistant censors; Yi Zong, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu, and others used cruel, urgent, harsh, and searching methods as ministers among the Nine Ministers. Officials such as the Direct Commissioner Xia Lan began to appear.