Qin and Han · Hydraulic engineer from Qi

Xu Bo 徐伯

Attested c. BC 130 - c. BC 129

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xu Bo was a Hydraulic engineer from Qi.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 129 三歲而通
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 43
c. BC 130 是時鄭當時為大農
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 35

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 38 Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 29 Treatise on Rivers and Canals 1 passage

Career and standing

water engineer 水工
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 43
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 35
At Qi 齊
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 35

Events and relationships

Marked transport canal route
Hydraulic · Surveyor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 35
Surveyed and marked the route of the transport canal
Hydraulic · Surveyor
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 43

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 38Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage

上以為然，令齊人水工徐伯表，發卒數萬人穿漕渠，三歲而通。 The emperor agreed, ordered the Qi water engineer Xu Bo to survey and mark the route, and mobilized tens of thousands. The canal was completed in three years.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 29Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage

天子以為然，令齊人水工徐伯表，悉發卒數萬人穿漕渠，三歲而通。 The Son of Heaven approved. He ordered Xu Bo, a water engineer from Qi, to mark out the route, and mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers to cut the transport canal for more than three years.