Zheng Hong (鄭弘) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zheng Hong as an administrator and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zheng Hong	鄭弘	Zheng Hong
Personal name	Zheng Hong	鄭弘	Zheng Hong
Given		弘	Hong
Surname		鄭	Zheng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260, hanshu:101:s0022
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:090:s0003

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: 永光二年秋 · Western Year: BC 42
Explicit · hanshu:090:s0043

Places and affiliations

Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260

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

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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 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage

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永光二年秋，隴西羌□姐旁種反，詔召丞相韋玄成、御史大夫鄭弘、大司馬車騎將軍王接、左將軍許嘉、右將軍奉世入議。 Yongguang 2 autumn: Longxi Qiang of the Xianjie confederation (the manuscript loses one character in the name) rose in revolt; the edict called Chancellor Wei Xuancheng, Counselor Zheng Hong, Grand Marshal Wang Jie, Left General Xu Jia, and Right General Fengshi to council.

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

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王成、黃霸、朱邑、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣等，所居民富，所去見思，生有榮號，死見奉祀，此廩廩庶幾德讓君子之遺風矣。 Wang Cheng, Huang Ba, Zhu Yi, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, and their peers left districts wealthier than they found them and were mourned when they left. Honored in life and worshipped after death, they came closest to the old ideal of the gentleman who leads by deference and virtue.