Qin and Han · Official

Xian Xuan 咸宣

Attested BC 112 - BC 107

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Xian Xuan was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Suicide
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 220

Attested activity

BC 112 to BC 107 慶為丞相時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 55, passages 56, 61

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

At Yang 楊
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 212

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 55Volume 46: The Lords of Wan, Wei, Zhi, Zhou and Zhang · 1 passage

嘗欲請治上近臣所忠、九卿咸宣，不能服，反受其過，贖罪。 He tried to indict the favorites Suozhong and Xian Xuan, failed, and was fined for his trouble.

Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 5 passages

咸宣，楊人也。 Xian Xuan came from Yangyi.

衛將軍青使買馬河東，見宣無害，言上，徵為廄丞。 Wei Qing met him buying horses in Hedong, judged him capable, and had him named assistant stablemaster.

王溫舒為中尉，而宣為左內史。 When Wang Wenshu commanded the guard, Xian Xuan governed as left metropolitan superintendent.

居官數年，一切為小治辯，然獨宣以小至大，能自行之，難以為經。 Years of petty tyranny worked only because Xian Xuan personally drove every detail—a model no one else could sustain.

中廢為右扶風，坐怒其吏成信，信亡藏上林中，宣使縣令將吏卒，闌入上林中蠶室門攻亭格殺信，射中苑門，宣下吏，為大逆當族，自殺。 Demoted to governor of Youfufeng, he hunted fugitive clerk Cheng Xin into the imperial park, stormed a gate, killed him and punctured the lodge wall—capital treason—and killed himself.