Qin and Han · Litigant

Xu Bo 許伯

Xǔ Bó

Attested AD 79 - AD 85

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Bo was a Litigant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 79 to AD 85 魯恭任中牟令
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 76

Career and standing

Litigated
Matter farmland dispute · Adjudicator Person Id Lu Gong (魯恭)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 76

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 28Volume 25: Biography of Zhuo, Lu, Wei, Liu · 1 passage

恭專以德化為理，不任刑罰，訟人許伯等爭田，累守令不能決，恭為平理曲直，皆退而自責，輟耕相讓。 Gong ruled by moral suasion rather than the lash. When Xu Bo and others sued over farmland—cases prior magistrates could not untangle—Gong weighed the rights of each party so fairly that both sides blamed themselves, left off farming, and ceded ground to each other.