Overview
The translated histories identify Zichan as an aristocrat, official, and statesman. This record brings together 10 passages from 5 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zichan | 子產 | Zichan |
| Given | Qiao | 僑 | Qiao |
| Courtesy | Zi Chan | 子產 | Zi Chan |
| Courtesy | Zichan | 子產 | Zichan |
| Personal name | Zichan | 鄭僑 | Zhèng Qiáo |
| Personal | Zichan | 子產 | Zǐchǎn |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0130
- Sex: maleExplicit · jinshi:045:s0147
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:119:s0026
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: illness · Place: Zheng / 鄭Explicit · shiji:119:s0034, shiji:119:s0078
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: BC 554-522 · Western Interval: Start: BC 554 · End: BC 522Strongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0130
- Source Date: Text: 子產鑄刑書 · Western Year: BC 536Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:045:s0147
- Source Date: Text: 春秋之時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 543 · End: BC 522Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 治鄭二十六年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 543 · End: BC 522Strongly inferred · shiji:119:s0026, shiji:119:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 治鄭二十六年而死 · Western Year: BC 522Strongly inferred · shiji:119:s0034, shiji:119:s0078
Career and standing
- Label: senior grandee / 列大夫Explicit · shiji:119:s0026
- Label: chief minister / 相 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:119:s0028
- Label: chief minister of Zheng / 相鄭 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:025:s0128
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Zheng / 鄭 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:025:s0128
- Place: Zheng / 鄭 · Relation: served-inExplicit · shiji:119:s0026
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · hanshu:025:s0145
Events and relationships
- Kind: administration · Role: chief-minister · Action: after five years, no conscription rolls needed and mourning rites orderly without commandsExplicit · shiji:119:s0033
- Kind: administration · Role: chief-minister · Action: after four years, farming tools left in fieldsExplicit · shiji:119:s0032
- Kind: administration · Role: chief-minister · Action: after one year, youths ceased mischief, elderly ceased carrying burdens, children ceased plowingExplicit · shiji:119:s0029
- Kind: administration · Role: chief-minister · Action: after three years, gates unbolted at night and lost articles untouchedExplicit · shiji:119:s0031
- Kind: administration · Role: chief-minister · Action: after two years, market prices were no longer falsely setExplicit · shiji:119:s0030
- Kind: legislation · Action: cast penal statutes in bronzeExplicit · hanshu:025:s0128
- Kind: administration · Role: chief-minister · Action: governed Zheng for twenty-six yearsExplicit · shiji:119:s0034
- Relation: respondent-to · Person Id: Shuxiang (叔嚮)Explicit · hanshu:025:s0145
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: people wailed at his death, asking where they would turn · Provenance: Mode: named-source-reportExplicit · shiji:119:s0034, shiji:119:s0035
References in the histories
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