Qin and Han · Western Han Envoy and Scholar

Zhong Jun 終軍

c. BC 145 - BC 112

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28
Chapters
6
Histories
4

Overview

Zhong Jun was a Western Han Envoy and Scholar.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Ziyun 子雲 Ziyun
Nickname the youth who discarded the silk tally 棄繻生
Epithet Zhong the lad 終童 Zhong Tong

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Key source chapters

  1. Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 22 passages
  2. Book of Han, Chapter 74 Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 2 passages
  3. Book of Chen, Chapter 24 Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian 1 passage
  4. Book of Han, Chapter 76 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo 1 passage
  5. Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 47 Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao 1 passage

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28 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 24Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 74Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 · 2 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 22 passages
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有詔下軍問狀，軍詰偃曰：「古者諸侯國異俗分，百里不通，時有聘會之事，安危之勢，呼吸成變，故有不受辭造命顓己之宜； An edict ordered Zhong Jun to examine the case. He questioned Xu Yan: 'In ancient times each feudal state kept its own ways; a hundred li might as well have been a world apart. Envoys hurried between courts because fortune could turn in a breath, so a minister might rightly assume emergency powers without waiting for a written order.
Book of Han, Chapter 76Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo · 1 passage
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是時，朝廷多賢材，上復問朔：「方今公孫丞相，兒大夫、董仲舒、夏侯始昌、司馬相如、吾丘壽王、主父偃、硃買臣、嚴助、汲黯、膠倉、終軍、嚴安、徐樂、司馬遷之倫，皆辯知閎達，溢於文辭，先生自視，何與比哉？」 The court at that time teemed with talent, and the emperor pressed Shuo again: "Consider Chancellor Gongsun Hong, Censor-in-Chief Er Kuan, Dong Zhongshu, Xiahou Shichang, Sima Xiangru, Wuqiu Shouwang, Zhufu Yan, Zhu Maichen, Yan Zhu, Ji An, Jiao Cang, Zhong Jun, Yan An, Xu Le, Sima Qian, and men of that stamp. They are learned, articulate, and prolific writers. How do you measure yourself against such company?"
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 1 passage
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