Shi Fen 石奮

Family

• Sibling of Elder Sister of Shi Fen (石奮之姊)
  elder sister 姊
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 10; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 7
• Parent of Shi Jian (石建)
  eldest son 長子
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 21; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 17
• Child of Father of Shi Fen (石奮之父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 3; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 1
• Parent of Shi Qing (石慶)
  fourth son 次子
  youngest son 少子
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 17; Book of Han 55, passages 21, 34
• Child of Mother of Shi Fen (石奮之母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 8; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 5
• Parent of Shi Jia (石甲)
  next son 次
  second son 次子
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 21; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 17
• Parent of Shi Yi (石乙)
  next son 次
  third son 次子
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 21; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 17

• Kinship Role sons · Count 4
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passages 17-18
• Kinship Role grandsons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passages 26, 87

Career and standing

• petty clerk 小吏
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 5
• Grand Counselor of the Palace 太中大夫
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 15
• Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince 太子太傅
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 14
• Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent 太子太傅
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 18
• one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 19; Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 15
• palace attendant (zhongjuan) 中涓
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 10

Places and affiliations

• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 3
• Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 3
• At Zhao (by father’s origin) 趙
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 3
• At Ling quarter 陵裏 · Relation Moved to
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 38
• At Mausoleum ward 陵里 · Relation Residence
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 40
• At Qili, Chang’an 長安中戚里 · Relation Residence
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 14

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Liu Bang (劉邦)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passages 5-7, 9
• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Shi Qing (石慶)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 42

Events and relationships

• Attended
  Court · Attendant · With Liu Bang (劉邦) · At Henei 河內
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 5
• Served
  Audience · Attendant · With Liu Bang (劉邦) · At Henei 河內
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 3
• Relation Successor as tutor to · Person Zhang Xiangru (張相如)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passages 13-14

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment exemplifies slow speech and quick action · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 158
• Assessment respectful-caution-without-equal · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 12
• no literary learning
  Learning
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 12

Source notes

• had sons and grandsons (unspecified number)
  Kinship Role sons and grandsons
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passages 22, 48