Qin and Han · Official

Zhouyang You 周陽由

Zhōuyáng Yóu

Attested BC 180 - BC 141

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhouyang You was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Public execution
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 80

Attested activity

BC 180 to BC 141 事文帝；景帝時；武帝即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 102, passages 71-73

Events and relationships

Type son-of · Person Zhao Jian (趙兼)
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 70

Source notes

From Zhao 趙 · To Zhouyang 周陽 · took surname from father's fief
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 70

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 8 passages

周陽由 Zhouyang You.

周陽由，其父趙兼以淮南王舅侯周陽，故因氏焉。 Zhouyang You inherited the surname because his father Zhao Jian, uncle to the king of Huainan, had been marquis of Zhouyang.

由以宗家任為郎，事文帝。 Through clan privilege he entered the gentleman corps under Emperor Wen.

景帝時，由為郡守。 Under Emperor Jing he served as a governor.

武帝即位，吏治尚修謹，然由居二千石中最為暴酷驕恣。 Emperor Wu's early bureaucracy prized sobriety, yet Zhouyang You outdid every governor in brutality and swagger.

汲黯為忮，司馬安之文惡，俱在二千石列，同車未嘗敢均茵馮。 Ji An's vinegar temper and Sima An's poison pen shared two-thousand-bushel rank, yet neither would share a carriage seat evenly with Zhouyang You.

後由為河東都尉，與其守勝屠公爭權，相告言，勝屠公當抵罪，義不受刑，自殺，而由棄市。 Later, as Hedong commandant, he feuded with Governor Shengtu Gong until both denounced the other; Shengtu Gong chose suicide over sentence and Zhouyang You died by public execution.

自甯成、周陽由之後，事益多，民巧法，大抵吏治類多成、由等矣。 After Ning Cheng and Zhouyang You, lawsuits multiplied, subjects learned legal dodges, and officials nationwide mimicked their ruthlessness.