Qin and Han · Official

Fu Jian 傅坚

Attested AD 167

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fu Jian was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 167 永康元年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passages 25-26

Career and standing

clerk 吏
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passage 26

Works and attributed material

Opposed reporting yellow dragon
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passage 26

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 118Volume 107: Five Elements Part Five · 2 passages

时，吏傅坚以郡欲上言，内白事以为走卒戏语，不可。 When the commandery wanted to memorialize the event, clerk Fu Jian argued in an internal memo that it was nothing but barrack-yard gossip and should not be sent up.

太守不听，尝见坚语云：「时，民以天热，欲就池浴，见池水浊，因戏相恐，'此中有黄龙'，语遂行人间。 The governor brushed him aside and later told Fu Jian what had really happened: "When the weather turned hot, people went to bathe in the pond; seeing the water muddy, they teased one another, 'There's a yellow dragon in here,' and the story spread among the townsfolk.