Qin and Han · Investigating official

Jian Xuan 減宣

Jiǎn Xuān

Attested BC 116

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jian Xuan was an Investigating official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name		減宜	Jian Yi

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 116 減宣
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passage 77

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 69, passage 97

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 3 passages

事下減宣。 The case was assigned to Jian Xuan.

宣嘗與湯有隙，及得此事，窮竟其事，未奏也。 Xuan had old scores with Tang; he seized the chance to investigate to the limit, though he had not yet reported his findings.

減宜亦奏謁居事。 Jian Xuan weighed in with his own memorial on the Yéju business.