Qin and Han · King of Changsha

King of Changsha 長沙王

Changsha Wang

Attested BC 180 - BC 169

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King of Changsha was a king of Changsha.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 180 to BC 169 孝文
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 84, passages 128, 132

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia · 3 passages

自屈原沈汨羅後百有餘年，漢有賈生，為長沙王太傅，過湘水，投書以弔屈原。 More than a hundred years after Qu Yuan drowned in the Miluo, there was a man of the Han named Jia Sheng, who served as Grand Tutor to the King of Changsha. As he crossed the Xiang River, he cast a written elegy into the waters to mourn Qu Yuan.

於是天子後亦疏之，不用其議，乃以賈生為長沙王太傅。 The emperor afterward also distanced himself from Jia Sheng and ceased to follow his counsel. He appointed Jia Sheng as Grand Tutor to the King of Changsha.

賈生為長沙王太傅三年，有鸮飛入賈生舍，止于坐隅。 After Jia Sheng had served as Grand Tutor to the King of Changsha for three years, an owl flew into his lodgings and perched in the corner of his seat.