Qin and Han · Official

Zhao Jun 趙君

Zhào Jūn

Attested BC 67 - BC 59

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Jun was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 67 to BC 59 京兆尹趙君
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 184

Career and standing

Prefect of the Capital 京兆尹
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 184
Waist beheading
BC 59 趙京兆坐要斬 · Sentenced
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 187

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 184

Events and relationships

Had assistants impeach secretariat official
Legal · Director · Outcome Chief clerk and below executed or castrated
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 188
Privately accused chancellor wife of murdering maid
Legal · Accuser · With Wife of Wei Xiang (魏相夫人)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 185
Seized and threatened chancellor
Political · Coercer · With Wei Xiang (魏相)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 184-185
Unauthorized dismissal of cavalry
Legal · Accused · Outcome Executed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 187
Relation Superior of · Person Chen Ping (陳平)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 188

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 5 passages

其時京兆尹趙君，丞相奏以免罪，使人執魏丞相，欲求脫罪而不聽。 At that time, Zhao Jun, the Prefect of the Capital, was the subject of a memorial by the chancellor requesting his removal for offenses. Zhao sent men to seize Chancellor Wei, hoping to escape punishment, but Wei refused to yield.

復使人脅恐魏丞相，以夫人賊殺待婢事而私獨奏請驗之，發吏卒至丞相舍，捕奴婢笞擊問之，實不以兵刃殺也。 Zhao then sent men to threaten and intimidate Chancellor Wei, and privately submitted a memorial accusing the chancellor's wife of murdering a maidservant, requesting an investigation. He dispatched officials and soldiers to the chancellor's residence, where they seized the household slaves and interrogated them under the lash, yet in truth no blade had been used to kill her.

而丞相司直繁君奏京兆尹趙君迫脅丞相，誣以夫人賊殺婢，發吏卒圍捕丞相舍，不道； But the chancellor's superintendent of justice Fan Jun memorialized that the Prefect of the Capital Zhao Jun had coerced and threatened the chancellor. Zhao had falsely accused the chancellor's wife of murdering a maidservant and sent officials and soldiers to surround and seize the chancellor's residence—conduct contrary to propriety;

又得擅屏騎士事，趙京兆坐要斬。 Additionally, charges were brought regarding his unauthorized dismissal of cavalry officers. Zhao, the Prefect of the Capital, was convicted and sentenced to execution.

又有使掾陳平等劾中尚書，疑以獨擅劫事而坐之，大不敬，長史以下皆坐死，或下蠶室。 Furthermore, Zhao had dispatched his assistants Chen Ping and others to impeach an official of the Imperial Secretariat, suspecting him of unauthorized seizure of property and convicting him of gross disrespect. The Chief Clerk and all those below him were sentenced to death, or remanded to the silkworm chamber for castration.