Overview
You Zhan was a Courtier and Artist.
Life and dates
Death
- BC 202 to BC 195 數年而卒UnspecifiedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 114
Attested activity
- BC 210 to BC 207 二世立Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 107-113
- BC 202 to BC 195 優旃歸漢,數年而卒Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 114
- BC 221 to BC 210 優旃臨檻疾呼Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 117
- BC 221 to BC 210 始皇Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 104-106
Career and standing
- court jester 優Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 104
Places and affiliations
- BC 202 to BC 195 優旃歸漢Polity Han 漢 · Relation Submitted toDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 114
- Polity Qin 秦 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 104, 108
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With First Emperor (始皇) · Direct quotation · Extent s0104, s0105Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 104-105
- Speech · Speaker · With Second Emperor (二世) · Direct quotation · Extent s0108, s0109, s0110, s0111, s0112Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 108-112
Events and relationships
- Cried out from the balustradeCourt · Speaker · Outcome Palace guards granted half shiftsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 117
- Satirically praised lacquering the wallsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 108-113
- Satirically praised park planDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 104-106
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment magnificent-in-his-way · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 118
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 104
References in the histories
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