Qin and Han · Prison Officer and Judicial Authority

Lord Yu 于公

Yú Gōng

Attested BC 74

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lord Yu was a Prison Officer and Judicial Authority.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 74 昭帝時
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 81, 90

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yu Dingguo (于定國)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 80-81

Career and standing

Commandery Sentencing Officer 郡決曹
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 81
County Prison Clerk 縣獄吏
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Han · Relation Official of
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 81
At Tan, Donghai 東海郯
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 79, 81

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 95

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fair and upright judge who never condemned the innocent · Evaluator historian · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 81

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 8 passages

其父於公為縣獄吏、郡決曹，決獄平，羅文法者於公所決皆不恨。 His father, known as Lord Yu, was a county prison clerk and a commandery sentencing officer; his verdicts were so fair that even those he condemned under the statutes felt no bitterness.

郡中為之生立祠，號曰于公祠。 The commandery built him a shrine while he still lived—the Shrine of Lord Yu.

具獄上府，于公以為此婦養姑十餘年，以孝聞，必不殺也。 When the file reached headquarters, Lord Yu argued that a woman famed for more than ten years of care could not have killed her.

太守不聽，于公爭之，弗能得，乃抱其具獄，哭於府上，因辭疾去。 The grand administrator would not hear him; Lord Yu wept on the steps with the dossier in his arms, then resigned on grounds of illness.

後太守至，卜筮其故，於公曰：「孝婦不當死，前太守強斷之，咎黨在是乎？」 A new grand administrator cast divinations to learn the cause. Lord Yu said, "That woman should never have died; the last magistrate forced a verdict—perhaps the blame lies there?"

郡中以此大敬重于公。 From that day the commandery revered Lord Yu all the more.

始，定國父于公，其閭門壞，父老方共治之。 Long before, when Dingguo's father Lord Yu was alive, the gate of their lane fell into ruin and the elders of the village were repairing it together.

于公謂曰：「少高大閭門，令容駟馬高蓋車。 Lord Yu told them, "Raise the gate high enough for a four-horse carriage with a tall canopy to pass through.