Qin and Han · Official and Aristocrat

Peng Xuan 彭宣

Péng Xuān

Died BC 1 to AD 5

Passages
8
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Peng Xuan was an official and Aristocrat.

IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Han

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Posthumous name Marquis Qing 頃侯 Qing Hou

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

  • Kinship Role male-line-heirs · Count 2 · marquisate passed through son and grandson until cut off
    Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 195

Key source chapters

  1. Book of Han, Chapter 82 Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng 7 passages
  2. Book of Han, Chapter 12 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai 1 passage

Career and standing

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Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment stopped when he saw danger; unlike those anxious only over losing office · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 199
  • old, dim-sighted, often ill, confused and forgetful
    Age health
    Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 190
  • Item gold, comfortable carriage, and four horses 黃金、安車駟馬 · Relation Withheld · Negated true
    Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 193

References in the histories

8 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 7 passages