Qin and Han · Chancellor

Zhai Fangjin 翟方進

First attested BC 33; died BC 7

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Zhai Fangjin was a Chancellor.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Ziwei 子威 Ziwei

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  1. Book of Han, Chapter 70 Volume 60: Du Zhou 11 passages
  2. Book of Han, Chapter 94 Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo 5 passages
  3. Book of Later Han, Chapter 92 Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 3 passages
  4. Book of Han, Chapter 117 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 2 passages
  5. Book of Han, Chapter 11 Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng 1 passage

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Book of Han, Chapter 11Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 11 passages
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其春，丞相方進薨，業上書言：「方進本與長深結厚，更相稱薦，長陷大惡，獨得不坐，苟慾障塞前過，不為陛下廣持平例，又無恐懼之心，反因時信其邪辟，報睚眥怨。 That spring Chancellor Zhai Fangjin died. Du Ye submitted a memorial saying, "Fangjin had been deeply bound in friendship with Chang and repeatedly recommended each other. Chang fell into great wickedness yet alone escaped punishment. Fangjin wished to cover his former faults, did not extend evenhanded standards for Your Majesty, and lacked fear; instead he seized the moment to trust Chang's perverse ways and repay a grudge for a trifle.
紅陽侯立坐子受長貨賂故就國耳，非大逆也，而方進復奏立黨友後將軍朱博、巨鹿太守孫宏、故少府陳咸，皆免官，歸咸故郡。 Wang Li, marquis of Hongyang, was punished because his son accepted Chang's bribes and therefore went to his fief—this was not great treason. Yet Fangjin again memorialized against Li's partisan associates: Rear General Zhu Bo, Administrator of Julu Sun Hong, and former Chamberlain for the Palace Revenues Chen Xian. All were dismissed, and Chen Xian was sent to his native commandery.
Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 5 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 2 passages
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初，成帝性寬，進入直言，是以王音、翟方進等繩法舉過，而劉向、杜鄴、王章、朱雲之徒肆意犯上，故自帝師安昌侯，諸舅大將軍兄弟及公卿大夫、後宮外屬史許之家有貴寵者，莫不被文傷詆。 Cheng's easy temper invited blunt speech, so ministers such as Wang Yin and Zhai Fangjin policed the law while scholars like Liu Xiang, Du Ye, Wang Zhang, and Zhu Yun flayed the throne; from the imperial tutor the marquis of Anchang through the Wang uncles and every powerful consort kin of the Shi and Xu lines, no favorite escaped their written attacks.
Book of Later Han, Chapter 92Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 · 3 passages
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