Qin and Han · Chancellor and Aristocrat

Xu Chang 許昌

Attested BC 209 - BC 87

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xu Chang was a Chancellor and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 141 to BC 87 今上時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 161
BC 209 to BC 141 漢初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 51, passage 139

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 51 Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96 Biography of Chancellor Zhang 1 passage

Career and standing

Chancellor 丞相
BC 100 今上時 · Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 161
Marquis of Baizhi 柏至侯
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 161

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 161

Assessments and attributes

Assessment meticulous and incorruptible but merely filled the post without notable accomplishment · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 162

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 1 passage

自嘉死後，開封侯陶青、桃侯劉舍及武帝時柏至侯許昌、平棘侯薛澤、武強侯莊青翟、商陵侯趙周，皆以列侯繼踵，娖娖廉謹，為丞相備員而已，無所能發明功名著於世者。 After Shentu Jia's death came Tao Qing of Kaifeng and Liu She of Tao, and under Emperor Wu, Xu Chang of Bozhi, Xue Ze of Pingji, Zhuang Qingdi of Wuqiang, and Zhao Zhou of Shangling—each a full marquis who stepped into the chancellorship in turn. They were honest, cautious placeholders, none of whom left a mark on the age.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 1 passage

及今上時，柏至侯許昌、平棘侯薛澤、武彊侯莊青翟、高陵侯趙周等為丞相。 In the time of the present emperor, Xu Chang the Marquis of Baizhi, Xue Ze the Marquis of Pingji, Zhuang Qingdi the Marquis of Wuqiang, Zhao Zhou the Marquis of Gaoling, and others have each served as chancellor.