Bo Diao (勃貂) | 24 Histories

Overview

Bo Diao was a Jin Palace Attendant.

PeriodAncient China

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 650 to BC 628 晉
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 109, passage 26
BC 650 to BC 600 晉之勃貂
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 72, passage 145

Key source chapters

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72 Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 109 Volume 109 Biographies 39: Music and Imperial Officials 1 passage

Events and relationships

Won fame in Jin
Political · Meritorious attendant · At Jin 晉
Directly stated · History of Liao 109, passage 26

Assessments and attributes

Assessment far inferior to Zhang Chengye as a model eunuch servant · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 72, passage 145
Assessment loyal but acting outside proper eunuch office · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 109, passage 26

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 1 passage

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夫如是，則晉之勃貂，秦之景監，去之遠矣。 If so, then Bo Diao of Jin and Jing Jian of Qin stand far removed from him.

History of Liao, Chapter 109Volume 109 Biographies 39: Music and Imperial Officials · 1 passage

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至巷伯詩列於《雅》，勃貂功著於晉，雖忠於所事，而非其職矣。 Later the "Palace Steward" ode entered the Greater Odes, and Bo Diao won fame in Jin—loyal to their masters, perhaps, but already acting outside their proper charge.