Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Tao Jun 陶鈞

Táo Jūn

Attested AD 1186

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tao Jun was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1186 大定二十六年頃
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 45, passage 141

Career and standing

Investigating Censor 監察御史
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 141
sixty strokes 杖六十
Beaten · Sentenced
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 144

Events and relationships

Brought courtesans into forbidden park
Disciplinary · Offender
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 141
Relation Friend of · Person Yan Shu (閻恕)
Directly stated · History of Jin 45, passage 142

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 26: Punishment · 3 passages

監察御史陶鈞以攜妓游北苑，歌飲池島間，迫近殿廷，提控官石玠聞而發之。 Investigating Censor Tao Jun was found to have escorted courtesans through the Northern Park, singing and drinking among its ponds and islets in proximity to the palace halls; Surveillance Officer Shi Jie heard of it and reported the affair.

鈞令其友閻恕屬玠得緩。 Tao Jun had his friend Yan Shu intercede with Shi Jie to secure lenient handling.

詔以鈞耳目之官，攜妓入禁苑，無上下之分，杖六十，玠、恕皆坐之。 An edict ruled that Tao Jun, as an imperial censor, had violated the distinction of rank by bringing courtesans into the forbidden park and sentenced him to sixty strokes of the staff; Shi Jie and Yan Shu were also convicted.