Qin and Han · Official

Master Zhai 翟公

Zhái gōng

Attested BC 140 - BC 120

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Master Zhai was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 140 to BC 120 漢武時期
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 160

Career and standing

Commandant of Justice 廷尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 160
Commandant of Justice 廷尉
Restored
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 162
Dismissed
Dismissal
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 161

Places and affiliations

At Xiagui 下邽
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 160

Works and attributed material

Inscription · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passages 162-164

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 120Biographies of Ji and Zheng · 2 passages

下邽翟公有言，始翟公為廷尉，賓客闐門； Master Zhai of Xiagui had a saying about this. When he first served as Commandant of Justice, guests thronged his gate;

翟公復為廷尉，賓客欲往，翟公乃人署其門曰：「一死一生，乃知交情。 When Master Zhai was restored to the post of Commandant of Justice and the guests came flooding back, he inscribed upon his gate: 'Only between life and death does one discover the truth of friendship.