Ancient China · Moral Exemplar Who Withered Outward

Shan 單

Shàn

Attested BC 400 - BC 300

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shan was a Moral Exemplar Who Withered Outward.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 400 to BC 300 戰國
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 180

Events and relationships

Governed hamlet yet withered outward
Moral exemplum · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 180

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage

單治裏而外凋兮，張修襮而內逼，欥中龢為庶幾兮，顏與冉又不得。 Shan lost vigor though he ruled a lane, Zhang shone outward yet felt inner pinch; I aimed at the golden mean like the rare few, yet even Yan and Ran missed it.