Qin and Han · Scholar

Huan Sheng 桓生

Attested AD 1 - AD 25

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huan Sheng was a scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1 to AD 25 桓生欲借其書
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passages 82, 92

Events and relationships

Sought to borrow books
Scholarly · Requester · With Ban Si (班嗣)
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 82

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage

桓生欲借其書，嗣報曰：「若夫嚴子者，絕聖棄智，修生保真，清虛澹泊，歸之自然，獨師友造化，而不為世俗所役者也。 When Huan Sheng wished to borrow his books, Ban Si replied, "As for Master Yan, he cut off sagehood and discarded cleverness, cultivated life and guarded the genuine, was clear, empty, and still, and returned to the natural; he took only creation as teacher and friend and was not enslaved by the vulgar world.