Qin and Han · Statesman and Official

Xiao He 蕭何

Attested BC 209 - BC 193

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao He was a statesman and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 209 to BC 193 漢相蕭何
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 298

Career and standing

Han chancellor 漢相
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 298

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 298

Assessments and attributes

Assessment brought an age of unity and calm and left an example for a hundred generations · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Emperor Huai (懷帝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 298

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 41Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang · 1 passage

三年，詔曰：「昔虞任五臣，致垂拱之化，漢相蕭何，興寧一之譽，故能光隆於當時，垂裕於百代。 In the third year an edict declared, "Ancient Shun ruled through five ministers and achieved the government of folded hands; Han's chancellor Xiao He brought an age of unity and calm—thus they shone in their own day and left an example for a hundred generations.