Qin and Han · Official and Judge

Yu Dingguo 于定國

Attested BC 100 - BC 40

Passages
36
Chapters
11
Histories
4

Overview

Yu Dingguo was an official and Judge.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Manqian 曼倩 Mànqiàn
Alternate name Anguo 安國 Anguo

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Key source chapters

  1. Book of Han, Chapter 82 Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng 20 passages
  2. Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96 Biography of Chancellor Zhang 4 passages
  3. Book of Han, Chapter 85 Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji 3 passages
  4. Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 2 passages
  5. Book of Han, Chapter 25 Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law 1 passage

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36 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage
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孝宣承統，纂修洪業，亦講論六藝，招選茂異，而蕭望之、梁丘賀、夏侯勝、韋玄成、嚴彭祖，尹更始以儒術進，劉向，王褒以文章顯，將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、丙吉、於定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢、嚴延年、張敞之屬，皆有功跡見述於世。 Emperor Xuan inherited the succession and carried forward the great enterprise. He too expounded the Six Arts and recruited outstanding men. Xiao Wangzhi, Liangqiu He, Xiahou Sheng, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Pengzu, and Yin Gengshi advanced through Confucian learning; Liu Xiang and Wang Bao gained distinction for their writing; among the generals and chancellors were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian; and among those who governed the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wengui, Zhao Guanghan, Yan Yannian, Zhang Chang, and others. All left achievements celebrated in their age.
Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 20 passages
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定國少學法於父，父死，後定國亦為獄中、郡決曹，補廷尉史，以選與御史中丞從事治反者獄，以材高舉侍御史，遷御史中丞。 Dingguo studied law under his father as a youth. After his father died, Dingguo too served in the prison office and the commandery sentencing bureau, became a clerk of the commandant of justice, and by selection assisted the imperial counselor in treason cases. For his outstanding ability he was recommended as attendant imperial counselor and then promoted to imperial counselor.
Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 3 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 2 passages
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初，匈奴呼韓邪單于來朝，詔公卿議其儀，丞相霸、御史大夫定國議曰：「聖王之制，施德行禮，先京師而後諸夏，先諸夏而後夷狄。 Earlier, when Huhanye Chanyu of the Xiongnu came to court, an edict ordered the dukes and ministers to discuss the proper ritual. Chancellor Huang Ba and Imperial Counselor Yu Dingguo proposed, "In the institutions of the sage kings, virtue is extended and ritual performed first in the capital, then among the central states; first among the central states, then among the Yi and Di peoples.
Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 1 passage
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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 4 passages
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage
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將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、邴吉、于定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、邵信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢之屬，皆有功跡見述於後。 Among the generals and chief ministers were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian. Among those skilled in governing the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wenggui, Zhao Guanghan, and others. All had notable achievements recorded in later accounts.
New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 1 passage
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