Ximen Bao (西門豹) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ximen Bao was an administrator and Official.

magistrate of Ye 鄴令
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 333
magistrate of Ye 鄴令
Held · At Ye 鄴
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 333, 336
worthy lord 賢君
Attributed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 331
worthy minister 賢大夫
Attributed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 333

Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 333
At the riverbank 河上 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 298
At Ye 鄴 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 323-324, 333

Attended assembly
Ritual · Magistrate · At the riverbank 河上
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 298-299
Canal design preserved against Han alteration
BC 202 到漢之立 · Commemoration · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 329-332
Dismissed assembly
Political · Magistrate
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 320-322
Dug twelve irrigation canals
Public works · Director · At Ye 鄴
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 324
Ended river god bride rite
Political · Magistrate · At Ye 鄴
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 323
Had disciples thrown into river
Legal · Orderer · At the river 河中 · Quantity Count: 3 · Label: female disciples 弟子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 307-312

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Had three elders thrown into river
Legal · Orderer · At the river 河中
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 313-314
Had thrown into river
Legal · Orderer · With Head shaman of Ye (大巫嫗) · At the river 河中
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 305
Irrigation benefits endured
Public works · Director
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 328
Threatened to send clerk and magnate into river
Political · Magistrate · With District clerk of Ye (廷掾)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 318
Waited facing the river
Ritual · Officiant
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 315
Relation Compared with · Person Zichan (子產)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 334, 336-337
Relation Compared with · Person Zijian (子賤)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 335-337

Assessment name known throughout the realm; blessings flowed to later generations; worthy minister · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 333
Assessment people found canal labor burdensome · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 325
Assessment the people can enjoy completed works but cannot be consulted at the start · Mode self-report Speaker Ximen Bao (西門豹)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 326-327
Assessment when he governed Ye, the people dared not deceive him · Mode quotation Source Work a tradition 傳
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 336
Assessment worthy lord whose regulations must not be changed · Mode named-source-report Source people and elders of Ye 鄴民人父老
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 331
Item twelve irrigation canals 十二渠 · Relation Constructed · At Ye 鄴
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 324, 329