Overview
Yuan Gu was a Confucian Scholar and Official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal name | Yuan Gusheng | 轅固生 | Yuán Gùshēng |
Life and dates
Age
- 90BC 141 今上初即位 · Reckoning Sui over · Statement over ninety 九十餘Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 120
Attested activity
- BC 141 今上初即位Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 118, 120
- BC 157 to BC 141 孝景時為博士Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 94-95
- BC 157 to BC 141 景帝時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 110, 114, 116
- BC 140 自是之后Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 32-33
Career and standing
- Erudite 博士BC 157 to BC 141 孝景時 · AppointedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 94
- Grand Tutor to the King of Qinghe 清河王太傅BC 157 to BC 141 景帝時 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 116
- Grand Tutor to the King of Qinghe 清河王太傅BC 157 to BC 141 清河王太傅 · HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 93
- DismissedBC 141 今上初即位 · Dismissed and sent homeDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 119
- DismissedBC 157 to BC 141 景帝時 · Relieved for illnessDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 117
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 110
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 93-94
- At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 93
- At Qi 齊 · Relation Active inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 33
- At Qi 齊 · Relation Taught inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 123-124
Learning and skills
- Skill mastery of the Odes 治詩 · Level expertDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 94
Works and attributed material
- Odes 詩Relation TaughtDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 33
- Gu is too old 固老Slander · Target · Direct quotation · Mode hearsayDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 119
- Master Gongsun, devote yourself to honest scholarship and speak the truth — do not twist your learning to flatter the world! 公孫子，務正學以言，無曲學以阿世！Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 122
- This is merely the talk of a commoner. 此是家人言耳。Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 111
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Yuan Gu (轅固)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 97-98, 105
Events and relationships
- Debated before Emperor JingDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 95, 108
- Killed boar with one thrustBC 157 to BC 141 景帝時 · Ordeal · Forced combatant · With Empress Dowager Dou (竇太后) · Outcome boar fell dead 豕應手而倒Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 113-114
- Summoned as worthy and virtuousDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 118
- Summoned to discuss LaoziDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 110
- Relation Tutor of · Person King of Qinghe (清河王)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 93
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment integrity and forthright character (廉直) · Mode named-person Source Person Id Emperor Jing (景帝)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 116
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 33, 93
- All Qi men who rose through the Odes were his disciples 諸齊人以詩顯貴，皆固之弟子也Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 124
- From then on Qi Odes teaching traced to Yuan Gusheng 齊言詩皆本轅固生Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 123
References in the histories
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