Qin and Han · Official and Aristocrat

Zheng Ye 鄭業

Zhèng Yè

Attested BC 3

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zheng Ye was an official and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 3 建平四年二月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 12, passage 114

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Uterine younger brother of Empress Dowager Fu (傅太后同母弟)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 114

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 96 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 12 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai 1 passage

Career and standing

Marquis of Yangxin 陽信侯
Directly stated · Book of Han 96, passage 329
Marquis of Yangxin 陽信侯
BC 3 建平四年二月 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 114

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 1 passage

二月，封帝太太后從弟侍中傅商為汝昌侯，太后同母弟子侍中鄭業為陽信侯。 In the second month, the emperor enfeoffed the Imperial Grand Empress Dowager's younger cousin, Chamberlain Fu Shang, as Marquis of Ruchang, and the son of the Empress Dowager's younger uterine brother, Chamberlain Zheng Ye, as Marquis of Yangxin.

Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 2 passages

又封傅太后同母弟子鄭業為陽信侯。 Fu Empress Dowager's younger cousin by the same mother Zheng Ye was also enfeoffed as Marquis of Yangxin.

及陽信侯業，皆緣私君國，非功義所止。 Marquis Ye of Yangxin likewise rode private favor to power beyond what merit allows.