Qin and Han · Imperial Commissioner and Official

Bao Shengzhi 暴勝之

Bào Shèngzhī

Attested BC 91 - BC 87

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Bao Shengzhi was an Imperial Commissioner and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Lord Bao	暴公子	Bào Gōngzǐ

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 91 太子兵事
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 124
BC 87 武帝末
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 4-5

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 82 Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng 7 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104 Biography of Tian Shu 1 passage

Career and standing

Direct Commissioner / Imperial Envoy 直指使者
BC 87 武帝末 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 4
Grand Censor 御史大夫
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 124

Places and affiliations

Polity Han · Relation Official of
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 4

Events and relationships

Reprimanded the Chancellor for letting the Crown Prince escape
Political · Envoy · With Left Chancellor (左相)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 124
recommended Jun Buyi to the imperial court
Relation Patron of · Person Jun Buyi (雋不疑)
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 16

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 7 passages

武帝末，郡國盜賊群起，暴勝之為直指使者，衣繡衣，持斧，逐捕盜賊，督課郡國，東至海，以軍興誅不從命者，威振州郡。 Late in Emperor Wu's reign bandits sprang up everywhere; Bao Shengzhi was named commissioner with plenipotentiary powers, robed in silk and carrying the imperial axe, hunted down outlaws eastward to the sea, enforced the law with military rigor, and cowed every circuit he touched.

勝之素聞不疑賢，至勃海，遣吏請與相見。 Shengzhi had long heard of Buyi's worth; on reaching Bohai he sent an officer to ask for an interview.

吏白勝之。 The officer reported this to Shengzhi.

勝之開閣延請，望見不疑容貌尊嚴，衣冠甚偉，勝之□履起迎。 Shengzhi threw open the door to receive him; one look at Buyi's stern bearing and magnificent dress sent him scrambling from his seat in his slippers to greet him.

登堂坐定，不疑據地曰：「竊伏海瀕，聞暴公子威名舊矣，今乃承顏接辭。 When they were seated in the hall, Buyi knelt and said, "I have lived obscurely by the coast and long admired your lordship's name; today I am honored to look upon you and speak with you.

勝之知不疑非庸人，敬納其戒，深接以禮意，問當世所施行。 Shengzhi saw he was no common man, took his counsel to heart, treated him with full courtesy, and asked his views on current policy.

勝之遂表薦不疑，征詣公車，拜為青州刺史。 Shengzhi memorialized his name; the court summoned him through the public carriage office and named him Governor of Qingzhou.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104Biography of Tian Shu · 1 passage

是時武帝在甘泉，使御史大夫暴君下責丞相「何為縱太子」，丞相對言「使司直部守城門而開太子」。 At the time, Emperor Wu was at the Ganquan Palace. He dispatched Grand Censor Bao Shengzhi to reprimand the Chancellor: "Why did you allow the Crown Prince to escape?" The Chancellor replied in his defense: "I assigned the Director of Justice to guard the city gates, but he opened them and let the Crown Prince through."