Qin and Han · Vice Director who defended Sun Bao

Tang Lin 唐林

Attested BC 7 - BC 1

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Tang Lin was a Vice Director who defended Sun Bao.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 7 to BC 1 哀帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 93, passage 57

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 88 Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 93 Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi 1 passage

Career and standing

Secretary Director 尚書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passage 57

Works and attributed material

Joint memorial · Author · With Fu Xi (傅喜) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Tang Lin (唐林)
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passages 57-61

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 1 passage

尚書僕射唐林爭之，上以林朋黨比周，左遷敦煌魚澤障候。 Tang Lin defended Sun Bao and was demoted to a desert outpost.

Book of Han, Chapter 93Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi · 1 passage

大司空何武、尚書令唐林皆上書言：「喜行義修潔，忠誠憂國，內輔之臣也，今以寢病，一旦遣歸，眾庶失望，皆曰傅氏賢子，以論議不合於定陶太后故退，百寮莫不為國恨之。 Grand Minister of Works He Wu and Secretary Director Tang Lin jointly wrote: 'Fu Xi is upright, scrupulous, and devoted to the state—exactly the kind of man who should stand at the emperor's side. To dismiss him overnight on grounds of illness will disappoint the empire. People will say the worthy son of the Fu clan was cashiered because he would not trim his opinions to suit the Dowager of Dingtao, and every official will feel the dynasty has wronged itself.