Qin and Han · Official

Wulu Chongzong 五鹿充宗

Attested BC 49 - BC 33

Passages: 8
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Wulu Chongzong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 48 to BC 33 元帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 90, passage 141
BC 49 to BC 33 元帝之世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 91, passage 46
BC 48 to BC 33 元帝即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 105, passage 91
BC 48 to BC 33 元帝朝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 75, passages 269-270
BC 33 成帝初即位
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 285-286

Key source chapters

Career and standing

governor of Xuantu 玄菟太守
BC 33 成帝初即位 · Demoted to
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 285
chamberlain for the national treasury 少府
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 91
Chamberlain for the national treasury 少府
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 285
Palace Secretary 尚書令
Held
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 75, passages 269-270

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 269
Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Attested in
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 118
Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 91
BC 33 成帝初即位
At Xuantu 玄菟 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 285

Works and attributed material

Song · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 92-93

Events and relationships

Literary · Subject of rhyme · At Chang'an 長安
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 286
Relation Clique ally of · Person Shi Xian (石顯)
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 91
Relation Political rival of · Person Jing Fang (京房)
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 46

Assessments and attributes

Assessment 君房 as Palace Secretary would far surpass him · Mode named-source-report Speaker Yang Xing (興)
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 269

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 269; Book of Han 105, passage 280

References in the histories

Search passages

History

8 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 2 passages

君房下筆，言語妙天下，使君房為尚書令，勝五鹿充宗遠甚。」 Your pen and tongue are the finest in the realm. Were you made palace secretary, you would put Wulu Chongzong to shame.'

捐之曰：「令我得代充宗，君蘭為京兆，京兆郡國首，尚書百官本，天下真大治，士則不隔矣。 Jia Juanzhi said, "If I replace Chongzong and you, Junlan, take the capital governorship—the premier local post—and I hold the secretariat—the spine of the bureaucracy—the empire would be truly well ruled and no talent would languish in obscurity.

Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage

心辨善辭，可使四方，少府五鹿充宗是也。 Wulu Chongzong has a ready tongue for embassies;

Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 1 passage

自謂為石顯、五鹿充宗所排，謀不得用，數為博道之。 He complained that Shi Xian and Wulu Chongzong had blocked him and that none of his policies were adopted, and he poured this out to Bo again and again.

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 4 passages

顯與中書僕射牢梁、少府五鹿充宗結為黨友，諸附倚者皆得寵位。 Shi Xian allied with Lao Liang and Wulu Chongzong; hangers-on won fat offices.

民歌之曰：「牢邪石邪，五鹿客邪！ A ditty ran: "Lao or Shi, Wulu for company!

少府五鹿充宗左遷玄菟太守，御史中丞伊嘉為雁門都尉。 Wulu Chongzong was demoted from the treasury to governor of Xuantu; Yi Jia from vice censor-in-chief to commandant of Yanmen.

長安謠曰：「伊徙雁，鹿徙菟，去牢與陳實無賈。」 Chang'an gossip ran: "Yi to the goose, deer to the rabbit—good riddance to Lao and Chen, not worth a penny."