Qin and Han · Minister of Agriculture and Local Official

Zhu Yi 朱邑

First attested BC 80; died BC 61

Passages: 10
Chapters: 4
Histories: 4

Overview

Zhu Yi was a minister of Agriculture and Local Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhongqing	仲卿	Zhongqing

Life and dates

Death

BC 61 神爵元年
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 134

Attested activity

c. BC 61 然硃邑不以笞辱加物
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 85, passage 276
BC 61 神爵元年
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 134
BC 80 to BC 60 西漢桐鄉故事
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 361, passage 218

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Zhu Yi (朱邑子)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 136

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Minister of Agriculture 大司農
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 120
Bailiff of Tongxiang 桐鄉嗇夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 119
Governor of Beihai 北海太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 120

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西汉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 85, passage 276
At Shu in Lujiang 廬江舒
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 118
At Tongxiang 桐鄉 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 361, passage 218
At Tongxiang 桐鄉 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 139

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Son of Zhu Yi (朱邑子)
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passages 137-138

Events and relationships

Governed without flogging
Administrative · Official · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 276
Recommended worthies
Patronage · Recommender
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 132

Assessments and attributes

Assessment his goodness left affection in Tongxiang · Mode stele-allusion Source Work Wei Cao’s stele
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 279
Assessment never used flogging for show, yet villains restrained themselves · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 276
Item gold for sacrifices 黃金百斤 · Relation Bestowed on son · With Son of Zhu Yi (朱邑子)
Directly stated · Book of Han 101, passage 136

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 361, passage 218
cited as Tongxiang burial precedent for retaining a beloved local official
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 361, passage 218

References in the histories

Search passages

History

10 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 7 passages

王成、黃霸、朱邑、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣等，所居民富，所去見思，生有榮號，死見奉祀，此廩廩庶幾德讓君子之遺風矣。 Wang Cheng, Huang Ba, Zhu Yi, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, and their peers left districts wealthier than they found them and were mourned when they left. Honored in life and worshipped after death, they came closest to the old ideal of the gentleman who leads by deference and virtue.

朱邑字仲卿，廬江舒人也。 Zhu Yi, courtesy name Zhongqing, came from Shu in Lujiang Commandery.

是時，張敞為膠東相，與邑書曰：「明主游心太古，廣延茂士，此誠忠臣竭思之時也。 Zhang Chang, then chancellor of Jiaodong, wrote to Zhu Yi: "Our discerning ruler looks back to high antiquity and casts a wide net for talent. This is the moment for loyal servants to give everything they have.

邑感敞言，貢薦賢士大夫，多得其助者。 Zhu Yi took Zhang Chang's words to heart, forwarded worthy candidates to court, and many men owed their breaks to him.

天子閔惜，下詔稱揚曰：「大司農邑，廉潔守節，退食自公，亡強外之交，束脩之饋，可謂淑人君子，遭離凶災，朕甚閔之。 The emperor grieved and issued an edict: "Minister Zhu Yi was honest and upright, took only his public salary, cultivated no illicit ties abroad, and refused private gifts. He was the very model of a gentleman. Struck down untimely, I mourn him deeply.

初，邑病且死，屬其子曰：「我故為桐鄉吏，其民愛我，必葬我桐鄉。 When Zhu Yi lay dying he told his son: "I once served Tongxiang, and the people there loved me. Bury me among them.

及死，其子葬之桐鄉西郭外，民果共為邑起塚立祠，歲時祠祭，至今不絕。 After his death his son interred him west of Tongxiang. The townsfolk raised a tomb and shrine for him and have kept seasonal sacrifices without fail ever since.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 1 passage

然硃邑不以笞辱加物，袁安未尝鞫人臧罪，而猾恶自禁，人不敢犯。 Zhu Yi never flogged a man for show, Yuan An never extorted confessions of graft, yet villains held their tongues and the people kept the peace.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 361Volume 361 Biographies 148: Liu Qing, Fu Nai, Yan Ruyi Son: Zheng Ji · 1 passage

陝民請比硃邑桐鄉故事，留葬南山，勿得，乃請祀名宦。 Shaanxi people asked to bury him in the Southern Mountains like Zhu Yi of Tongxiang; denied, they sought a place in the hall of worthy officials.

Book of Wei, Chapter 28Volume 23: Wei Cao, Mo Han, Liu Kuren · 1 passage

朱邑小善，遺愛桐鄉。 Zhu Yi's small goodness left love in Tongxiang.