Qin and Han · Grand Palace Attendant

Gong Hu Manyi 公戶滿意

Gōnghù Mǎnyì

Attested BC 156 - BC 80

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Gong Hu Manyi was a Grand Palace Attendant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 156 to BC 120 漢禮官時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 165
BC 86 to BC 80 遣…公戶滿意…往使燕
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 228, 235

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 60 House of the Three Kings 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 121 Biographies of Confucian Scholars 1 passage

Career and standing

Grand Palace Attendant and envoy 太中大夫
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 228
Grand Palace Attendant 太中大夫
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 228
Grandee of the Han Ritual Office 漢禮官大夫
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 165

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 228

Learning and skills

versed in the classics 習於經術
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 235
Skill classics and refined exposition 經術 · Level versed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 235

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Dan (旦)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 236-243

Events and relationships

Admonished King of Yan
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Dan (旦)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 228, 235-243

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 228; Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 165

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 60House of the Three Kings · 2 passages

公卿使大臣請，遣宗正與太中大夫公戶滿意、御史二人，偕往使燕，風喻之。 The ministers at court petitioned for action, and the Director of the Imperial Clan was dispatched along with the Grand Palace Attendant Gong Hu Manyi and two Imperial Censors, who together traveled as envoys to Yan to admonish Dan indirectly.

公戶滿意習於經術，最後見王，稱引古今通義，國家大禮，文章爾雅。 Gong Hu Manyi, well versed in the classics, was the last to see the King. He cited the universal principles of antiquity and the present, spoke of the great rites of the state, and his words were elegant and refined.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 121Biographies of Confucian Scholars · 1 passage

延及徐氏弟子公戶滿意、桓生、單次，皆嘗為漢禮官大夫。 Yan, along with the Xu family's disciples Gonghu Manyi, Master Huan, and Shan Ci, all served at various times as Grandees of the Han Ritual Office.