Ancient China · Official

Yi 益

Dates uncertain

Passages
10
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yi as an official. This record brings together 10 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yi 益 Yi
Personal name Yi 益 Yi

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: administrator of government / 任之政 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:002:s0208
  • Label: warden of marshes / 虞 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:098:s0169

Events and relationships

  • Kind: agriculture · Role: distributor · Action: distributed-rice
    Explicit · shiji:002:s0033
  • Kind: succession · Role: withdrawer · Action: yielded-to · Other Person Id: Qi (啟) · Place: south of Mount Ji / 箕山之陽
    Explicit · shiji:002:s0211
  • Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Yu (禹)
    Explicit · hanshu:098:s0169

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 76Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo · 1 passage
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譬若以周、邵為丞相，孔丘為御史大夫，太公為將軍，畢公高拾遺於後，弁嚴子為衛尉，皋陶為大理，後稷為司農，伊尹為少府，子贛使外國，顏、閔為博士，子夏為太常，益為右扶風，季路為執金吾，契為鴻臚，龍逢為宗正，伯夷為京兆，管仲為馮翊，魯般為將作，仲山甫為光祿，申伯為太僕，延陵季子為水衡，百里奚為典屬國，柳下惠為大長秋，史魚為司直，蘧伯玉為太傅，孔父為詹事，孫叔敖為諸侯相，子產為郡守，王慶忌為期門，夏育為鼎官，羿為旄頭，宋萬為式道候。」 Imagine the Duke of Zhou and the Duke of Shao as your chancellors; Confucius as chief censor; the Grand Duke as commander; Duke Bi Gao as court remonstrant; Bian Zhuangzi as captain of the guard; Gao Yao as chief judge; Hou Ji as minister of agriculture; Yi Yin as palace treasurer; Zigong as foreign envoy; Yan Hui and Min Ziqian as court scholars; Zixia as master of rites; Yi as western capital intendant; Zilu as capital commandant; Xie as master of guest ceremonies; Guan Longpeng as keeper of the imperial genealogy; the minister Boyi as metropolitan governor; Guan Zhong as northern capital intendant; Lu Ban as chief engineer; Zhong Shanfu as palace chamberlain; the Earl of Shen as master of the horse; Prince Jizi of Yanling as keeper of parks and waters; Baili Xi as commissioner for dependent peoples; Liuxia Hui as chamberlain to the empress; Shi Yu as censor of conduct; Qu Boyu as grand tutor; Kong Fu as supervisor of the heir apparent's household; Sunshu Ao as chancellor to the feudal lords; Zichan as commandery governor; Prince Qingji as a palace gate guard; Xia Yu as cauldron officer; Yi the Archer as vanguard officer; and Song Wan as road-clearing scout."
Book of Han, Chapter 98Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 8 passages
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