Qin and Han · Official

Sun Hong 孫宏

Sūn Hóng

Attested c. BC 20 - c. BC 7

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sun Hong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 20 to c. BC 7 孫宏
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 246

Career and standing

Administrator of Julu 巨鹿太守
Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 246
Imperial Secretary 中丞
Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 248

Events and relationships

Blocked Long's appointment because Long had deceived the court on an earlier mission.
Administrative · Objector · Counterpart Person Ids Zhai Fangjin (翟方進), Long (隆)
Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 248

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 4 passages

紅陽侯立坐子受長貨賂故就國耳，非大逆也，而方進復奏立黨友後將軍朱博、巨鹿太守孫宏、故少府陳咸，皆免官，歸咸故郡。 Wang Li, marquis of Hongyang, was punished because his son accepted Chang's bribes and therefore went to his fief—this was not great treason. Yet Fangjin again memorialized against Li's partisan associates: Rear General Zhu Bo, Administrator of Julu Sun Hong, and former Chamberlain for the Palace Revenues Chen Xian. All were dismissed, and Chen Xian was sent to his native commandery.

刑罰無平，在方進之筆端，眾庶莫不疑惑，皆言孫宏不與紅陽侯相愛。 Punishment lacked fairness—it lay at the tip of Fangjin's brush. The common people were all puzzled and said Sun Hong was not on friendly terms with the marquis of Hongyang.

宏前為中丞時，方進為御史大夫，舉掾隆可侍御史，宏奏隆前奉使欺謾，不宜執法近侍，方進以此怨宏。 When Sun Hong was Censor-in-Chief and Fangjin imperial counselor, Fangjin recommended his clerk Long as an attendant censor. Hong objected in a memorial that Long had deceived the court on an earlier mission and was unfit for a law-enforcement post near the emperor. Fangjin never forgave him.

不知而白之，是背經術惑左道也：二者皆在大辟，重於朱博、孫宏、陳咸所坐。 if he did not know and nevertheless reported it, then he abandoned classical learning and misled the court with heterodox arts. Either offense deserves capital punishment and is graver than the charges for which Zhu Bo, Sun Hong, and Chen Xian were punished.