Yuan She (原涉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuan She was a Bravo and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Juxian	巨先	Juxian

Life and dates

Death

AD 23 to AD 25 更始
Beheaded · At Chang'an market 長安市 · Authority Shentu Jian (申徒建) · Treatment Of Body head hung in the market
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 288

Age

20
Reckoning Sui · Qualifier over twenty
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 222

Attested activity

AD 9 to AD 23 及王莽時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passage 29
BC 7 to AD 8 哀帝時父為南陽太守之後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passages 217, 220, 222
AD 13 文母太后喪時
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 252
AD 23 to AD 25 更始
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passages 280, 288
AD 9 to AD 23 王莽時
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 250, 269-270
AD 23 王莽末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 104, passages 273-275

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Paternal Uncle of Yuan She (原涉季父)
paternal uncle 季父 · paternal line · Through Father of Yuan She (原涉父)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 224
Parent of Yuan Chu (原初)
eldest son 長子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 270
Child of Father of Yuan She (原涉父)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 217, 220

Kinship Role wife and children · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 235

Career and standing

chief among lane knights-errant 閭里之俠…魁
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 29
youxia / knight-errant 輕俠之徒
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 228
grand administrator of Zhenrong (Tianshui Commandery) 鎮戎大尹天水太守
AD 23 王莽末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 276
deliberation clerk 議曹
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 221
magistrate of Gukou 谷口令
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 222
palace gentleman 中郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 253

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palace gentleman 中郎
Dismissed
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 253
colonel of the earth-returning work 守復土校尉
AD 13 文母太后喪時 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 252
magistrate of Gukou 谷口令
Resigned
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 224
clerk in a minister's mansion 卿府掾史
Sought
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 251
Entered
Fugitive
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 225
pardon and release 赦出
Pardoned · Authority Wang Mang (王莽)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 250
amnesty 赦
Pardoned
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 225
ritual self-binding apology 肉袒自縛謝罪
Performed
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 262, 264
Received
AD 23 王莽末 · Pardon · Authority Wang Mang (王莽)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 276
seizure and binding 收系
Suffered · Authority Wang Mang (王莽)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 250

Places and affiliations

Polity Gengshi Han 更始 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 280
Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 104, passages 215, 250
Polity Xin 新 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 104, passage 250
Polity Xin 新 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 275-276
At Chang'an 京師 · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 220, 226
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Brought to
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 280

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At Gukou 谷口 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 222-224
At Maoling 茂陵 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 255
At Tianshui 天水 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 276-277

Works and attributed material

Speech · Mentioned · With Shentu Jian (申徒建) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 285
Speech · Addressee · With Yin (尹公) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 282
Speech · Speaker · With Yin (尹公) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 283
Speech · Addressee · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 228
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode self-report Speaker Yuan She (原涉)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 229-231, 240-242, 245

Events and relationships

Bound self in prison to apologize
Legal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 286-287
Built elaborate tomb lodges and opened Nanyang Thousand road
Construction · Builder
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 233-234
Caused many deaths over petty slights
Violence · Perpetrator
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 274
Had guest stab and kill
Assassination · Instigator · With Yin (尹公)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 284
Humiliated by Prefect Yin then released after ritual apology
Legal · Subject · With Yin (尹公)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 257-264
Intercepted from carriage beheaded and displayed
Execution · Victim · With Shentu Jian (申徒建) · At Chang'an 長安
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 288

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Observed three year mourning and returned Nanyang funeral gifts
Ritual · Mourner
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 220
Organized burial for acquaintance's mother
Charity · Benefactor · With Mother Known to Yuan She (涉所知母)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 237-246
Planned to flee
Flight · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 285
Reached office then Chang'an fell
AD 23 王莽末 · Political · Subject · At Chang'an 長安
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 277
Rebel chiefs sought and paid respects
Political · Honoree
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 278
Recommended as able to obtain loyal knights
AD 23 王莽末 · Political · Recommended
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 275
Sent eldest son Chu with twenty chariots to raid Wang Yougong's house
Violence · Instigator · With Wang Yougong (王游公)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 270-272
Sought revenge for uncle; Gukou champions killed the Qin clan
Revenge · Avenger
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 224-225
Wang Mang officials who attached to him survived
Political · Protector
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 279
Relation Feud with · Person Yin (尹公) · Negated true · originally bore no grudge despite tomb-lodge destruction
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 281
Relation Esteemed by · Person Shentu Jian (申徒建)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 280
Relation Friend of · Person Qi Taibo (祁太伯)
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 265

Assessments and attributes

Assessment champion of villains · Mode allegation
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 248
Assessment devoted to relieving the poor and answering emergencies · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 236, 247
Assessment famous in the capital for mourning and declining gifts · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 220
Assessment outwardly warm, benevolent, and modest while inwardly concealing a love of killing; nature somewhat like Guo Xie · With Guo Xie (郭解) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 273
Item Nanyang Thousand / Yuan Clan Thousand road 南陽仟／原氏仟 · Relation Built
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passage 234
Item tomb lodges with surrounding pavilions and double gates 塚捨周閣重門 · Relation Built
Directly stated · Book of Han 104, passages 233-234