Qin and Han · Imperial Counselor and Scholar

Xue Guangde 薛廣德

Xuē Guǎngdé

Attested BC 48 - BC 43

Passages: 10
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xue Guangde was an Imperial Counselor and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Changqing	長卿	Chángqīng

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 48 其後薛廣德
Directly stated · Book of Liang 52, passage 10
BC 43 永光元年
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 121, 124, 138
BC 44 薛廣德保縣車之榮
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 82, passage 199

Family

descendants in Pei commandery preserved the carriage wheels and honored his upright memory
Kinship Role descendants · Quantity multiple
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 140

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Superintendent of the Changle Palace 長信少府
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 121
Erudite 博士
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 121
Commandant of the Imperial Counselors 御史大夫
BC 43 永光元年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 121
Remonstrance Grandee 諫大夫
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 121

Places and affiliations

Polity Han · Relation Official of
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 117
At Xiang, Pei 沛郡相
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 117

Works and attributed material

Lu Poetry / Classic of Songs 魯詩
Relation Scholar
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 118
Memorial · Author · Addressed to Emperor Yuan (元帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 126-128

Events and relationships

Preserved suspended carriage honor
Political · Retiree
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 199
Relation Teacher of · Person Gong Sheng (龔勝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 119
Relation Teacher of · Person Gong She (龔捨)
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 119

Assessments and attributes

Assessment preserved the honor of retiring his carriage · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 199
Item comfortable carriage and four horses 安車駟馬 · Relation Received from throne
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 138

References in the histories

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History

10 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 9 passages

薛廣德 Xue Guangde

薛廣德字長卿，沛郡相人也。 Xue Guangde, courtesy name Changqing, came from Xiang in Pei commandery.

蕭望之為御史大夫，除廣德為屬，數與論議，器之，薦廣德經行宜充本朝。 When Xiao Wangzhi was commandant of the imperial counselors he took Guangde onto his staff, debated policy with him often, admired him, and recommended his learning and character as fit for high office at court.

廣德為人溫雅有醞藉。 Guangde was gentle, refined, and self-contained.

廣德上書曰：「竊見關東困極，人民流離。 Guangde memorialized: "East of the passes the people are destitute and driven from their homes.

其秋，上酎祭宗廟，出便門，欲御樓船，廣德當乘輿車，免冠頓首曰：「宜從橋。」 That autumn, after the zhōu offering at the ancestral shrines, the emperor left by the Convenient Gate intending to board a tower ship. Guangde planted himself before the chariot, removed his cap, and kowtowed: "You should take the bridge."

廣德曰：「陛下不聽臣，臣自刎，以血污車輪，陛下不得入廟矣！」 Guangde cried, "If you will not hear me I shall cut my throat here and foul your wheels with my blood—you will never enter the temple!"

廣德為御史大夫，凡十月免。 Guangde had held the post of commandant of the imperial counselors for only ten months when he stepped down.

薛廣德保縣車之榮，平當逡遁有恥，彭宣見險而止，異乎「苟患失之」者矣。 Xue Guangde preserved the honor of retiring his carriage; Ping Dang withdrew with a sense of shame; and Peng Xuan stopped when he saw danger. They were unlike those who "are anxious only over losing office."

Book of Liang, Chapter 52Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient · 1 passage

其後薛廣德及二疏等，去就以禮，有可稱焉。 Later Xue Guangde and the two Shus withdrew according to ritual—there is something to praise in that.