Qin and Han · Son of Bing Ji

Bing Xian 丙顯

Attested BC 55 - BC 33

Passages: 9
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Bing Xian was a Son of Bing Ji.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 197

Attested activity

BC 48 to BC 33 元帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 85, passage 193
BC 55 子顯嗣
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 198
BC 53 to BC 50 甘露中
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 221

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Bing Ji (丙吉)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 221
Child of Bing Ji (邴吉)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 198
Parent of Bing Chang (丙昌)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 197

Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 200

Key source chapters

Career and standing

commandant of the guards 衛尉
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 221
Grand Coachman 太仆
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 200
superintendent of transport 太僕
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passages 193, 221
inherited marquisate 嗣
Inherited
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 198
marquis within the passes 關內侯
Reduced to
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 221
Reduced to
Commoner
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 200

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Reduced
Lost full marquisate retained former fief revenues
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 199
Disrespectful riding to temple
Convicted
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 199
Malfeasance and corruption with sons
Convicted · Outcome Reduced to commoner
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 200
Suffered
Impeachment · Authority Chang (昌)
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 193

Places and affiliations

Han 漢
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 221
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 198

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 7 passages

子顯嗣，甘露中有罪削爵為關內侯，官至衛尉太僕。 His son Xian inherited the title. During the Ganlu era he was convicted and reduced to marquis within the passes, rising to commandant of the guards and superintendent of transport.

始顯少為諸曹，嘗從祠高廟，至夕牲日，乃使出取齋衣。 When Xian was young and serving in the bureaus, he once attended the sacrifice at the High Temple and was not sent to fetch his fasting garments until the evening offering day.

丞相吉大怒，謂其夫人曰：「宗廟至重，而顯不敬慎，亡吾爵者必顯也。」 Chancellor Bing Ji flew into a rage and told his wife, "The ancestral temple is supremely grave, yet Xian is careless. The one who will cost me my title will surely be Xian."

吉子顯坐微文奪爵為關內侯，臣愚以為宜復其爵邑，以報先入功德。」 Bing Ji’s son Xian lost his marquisate on a petty charge; I ask that his title be restored to reward his father’s virtue.’

先是，顯為太僕十餘年，與官屬大為奸利，臧千餘萬，司隸校尉昌案劾，罪至不道，奏請逮捕。 Earlier Bing Xian, as grand coachman for over a decade, had embezzled tens of millions until Commandant Chang impeached him for inhuman crimes and sought his arrest.

免顯官，奪邑四百戶。 He removed Bing Xian from office and cut four hundred households from his fief.

顯卒，子昌嗣爵關內侯。 Bing Xian died; his son Chang inherited marquis-within-the-passes rank.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 2 passages

子顯嗣。 His son Xian inherited the title.

顯為吏至太仆，坐官秏亂，身及子男有姦贓，免為庶人。 Xian rose through the civil service to the position of Grand Coachman. He was convicted of malfeasance and administrative disorder, and both he and his sons were found guilty of corruption and bribery. He was stripped of his rank and reduced to the status of a commoner.