Xue Guangde (薛廣德)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xue Guangde as an official, scholar, statesman, and teacher. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xue Guangde	薛廣德	Xuē Guǎngdé
Courtesy	Changqing	長卿	Chángqīng
Given	Guangde	廣德
Given	Guangde	廣德	Guangde
Surname	Xue	薛
Personal	Xue Guangde	薛廣德	Xue Guangde
Personal name	Xue Guangde	薛廣德	Xue Guangde

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0117, hanshu:082:s0199
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:052:s0010

Roles

Official
Scholar
Statesman
Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 其後薛廣德 · Western Year: BC 48
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0010
Source Date: Text: 永光元年 · Western Year: BC 43
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0121, hanshu:082:s0124, hanshu:082:s0138
Source Date: Text: 薛廣德保縣車之榮 · Western Year: BC 44
Strongly inferred · hanshu:082:s0199

Family

Statement: descendants in Pei commandery preserved the carriage wheels and honored his upright memory · Kinship Role: descendants · Quantity: multiple
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0140

Career and standing

Office: Superintendent of the Changle Palace / 長信少府 · Action: appointed
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0121
Office: Erudite / 博士 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0121
Office: Commandant of the Imperial Counselors / 御史大夫 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永光元年 · Western Year: BC 43
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0121
Office: Remonstrance Grandee / 諫大夫 · Action: promoted
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0121

Places and affiliations

Polity: Han · Relation: official-of
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0117
Place: Xiang, Pei / 沛郡相
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0117

Works and attributed material

Work: Lu Poetry / Classic of Songs / 魯詩 · Relation: scholar
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0118
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Yuan (元帝)
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0126, hanshu:082:s0127, hanshu:082:s0128

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: retiree · Action: preserved-suspended-carriage-honor
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0199
Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Gong Sheng (龔勝)
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0119
Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Gong She (龔捨)
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0119

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: preserved the honor of retiring his carriage · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0199
Item: comfortable carriage and four horses / 安車駟馬 · Relation: received-from-throne
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0138