Qin and Han · Official and Statesman

Left Chancellor 左相

Zuo Xiang

Attested BC 91

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Left Chancellor was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 91 太子事
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 68

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Bao Shengzhi (暴勝之)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passage 124

Events and relationships

Led troops and assigned Tian Ren to the city gates
Military · Commander · With Tian Ren (田仁)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 104, passages 68, 122

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104Biography of Tian Shu · 3 passages

時左相自將兵，令司直田仁主閉守城門，坐縱太子，下吏誅死。 At the time, the Left Chancellor personally took command of the troops and ordered the Director of Justice, Tian Ren, to close and guard the city gates. Tian Ren was convicted of allowing the Crown Prince to escape, handed over to the judicial officials, and put to death.

其後逢太子有兵事，丞相自將兵，使司直主城門。 Later, the crisis came when the Crown Prince took up arms. The Chancellor personally led troops and ordered the Director of Justice to take charge of guarding the city gates.

是時武帝在甘泉，使御史大夫暴君下責丞相「何為縱太子」，丞相對言「使司直部守城門而開太子」。 At the time, Emperor Wu was at the Ganquan Palace. He dispatched Grand Censor Bao Shengzhi to reprimand the Chancellor: "Why did you allow the Crown Prince to escape?" The Chancellor replied in his defense: "I assigned the Director of Justice to guard the city gates, but he opened them and let the Crown Prince through."