Qin and Han · Official

Zhao Guanghan 趙廣漢

Attested BC 74 - BC 48

Passages: 5
Chapters: 5
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Guanghan as an administrator and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Guanghan	趙廣漢	Zhao Guanghan
Given	Guanghan	廣漢	Guanghan
Personal name	Zhao Guanghan	趙廣漢	Zhao Guanghan
Personal	Zhao Guanghan	趙廣漢	Zhào Guǎnghàn
Given		廣漢	Guanghan
Surname		趙	Zhao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260, hanshu:082:s0033, hanshu:101:s0022

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 孝宣 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0012, hanshu:101:s0021
Source Date: Text: 孝宣承統 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 48
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
Source Date: Text: 本始中 · Western Year: BC 71
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0033

Career and standing

Office: Governor of the Capital / 京兆尹 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0033

Places and affiliations

Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
Polity: Han · Relation: official-of
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0033

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0033

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: governed the people (治民) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
Assessment: had achievements recounted in their age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage

孝宣承統，纂修洪業，亦講論六藝，招選茂異，而蕭望之、梁丘賀、夏侯勝、韋玄成、嚴彭祖，尹更始以儒術進，劉向，王褒以文章顯，將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、丙吉、於定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢、嚴延年、張敞之屬，皆有功跡見述於世。 Emperor Xuan inherited the succession and carried forward the great enterprise. He too expounded the Six Arts and recruited outstanding men. Xiao Wangzhi, Liangqiu He, Xiahou Sheng, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Pengzu, and Yin Gengshi advanced through Confucian learning; Liu Xiang and Wang Bao gained distinction for their writing; among the generals and chancellors were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian; and among those who governed the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wengui, Zhao Guanghan, Yan Yannian, Zhang Chang, and others. All left achievements celebrated in their age.

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage

施之治民，則趙廣漢； give him a district and he governs like Zhao Guanghan;

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 1 passage

後趙廣漢為京兆尹，言：「我禁奸止邪，行於吏民，至於朝廷事，不及不疑遠甚。」 Later Zhao Guanghan, as Governor of the Capital, said, "I can curb crime among officials and commoners, but beside Buyi I am nothing when it comes to affairs of state."

Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 1 passage

貢者，趙廣漢之兄子也，為吏亦有能名。 Zhao Gong was Zhao Guanghan's nephew and had himself earned a name as a capable official.

Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 1 passage

若趙廣漢、韓延壽、尹翁歸、嚴延年、張敞之屬，皆稱其位，然任刑罰，或抵罪誅。 Men like Zhao Guanghan, Han Yanshou, Yin Wenggui, Yan Yannian, and Zhang Chang filled their offices competently, yet built their reputations on harsh law; several ended condemned and put to death.