Qin and Han · Han Grand Minister of Agriculture

Fei Diao 非調

Attested BC 28

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fei Diao was a Han Grand Minister of Agriculture.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 28 建始五年（河平元年）
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 38, passage 142

Career and standing

Grand Minister of Agriculture 大司農
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 142

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 142

Events and relationships

Reallocated funds and grain to flooded commanderies
Disaster response · Relief official
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 142

Source notes

Field source-text · Reading 五百艘 · Rejected Reading 五百馏 · The vessel counter is 艘; 馏 is a digital-text corruption.
Textual variant · Book of Han 38, passage 142

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 38Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage

遣大司農非調調均錢穀河決所灌之郡，謁者二人發河南以東漕船五百艘，徙民避水居丘陵，九萬七千餘口。 Grand Minister of Agriculture Fei Diao was tasked with reallocating equalized funds and grain to affected commanderies. Two envoys requisitioned 500 transport vessels east of Henan and relocated over 97,000 people to higher ground.