Ancient China · Statesman and Official

Zichan 子產

Attested BC 554 - BC 522

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zichan was a statesman and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 554 to BC 522 子產治鄭
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 334

Career and standing

governor of Zheng 治鄭
Held · At Zheng 鄭
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 334

Places and affiliations

Polity Zheng 鄭 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 334
At Zheng 鄭 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 334

Assessments and attributes

Assessment when he governed Zheng, the people could not deceive him · Mode quotation Source Work a tradition 傳
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 334

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 126Biographies of Jesters · 1 passage

傳曰：「子產治鄭，民不能欺； There is a saying: "When Zichan governed Zheng, the people could not deceive him;