Overview
Zhuo Mao was an official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Zikang | 子康 | Zǐkāng |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 28 建武四年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 51
- Died in office as Grand TutorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 16
Age
- 70Qualifier over · Reckoning TraditionalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 58
Attested activity
- AD 28 建武四年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 51
- BC 48 to BC 33 元帝時Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 3
- AD 25 光武初即位Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passages 46-47
- c. AD 25 密人笑卓茂之政Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 85, passage 275
- BC 1 to AD 5 平帝時Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 40
- AD 23 to AD 25 更始政權Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 45
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- AD 6 to AD 8 王莽居攝Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 44
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Descendant of Grandfather of Zhuo Mao (卓茂之祖)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 2
- Parent of Zhuo Rong (戎)eldest son 長子Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 50
- Child of Father of Zhuo Mao (卓茂之父)father 父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 2
- Parent of Zhuo Chong (崇)second son 次子Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 50
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Grand Tutor 太傅Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 49
- Libationer among Palace Attendants 侍中祭酒Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 45
- Grand Tutor 太傅AD 25 to AD 57 世祖以卓茂为太傅 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 16
- clerk in the Chancellor's office 丞相府史AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 7
- Gentleman-in-Attendance of the Household 侍郎AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 14
- magistrate of Mi 密令AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 14
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- libationer among local retainers 門下掾祭酒Served · Refusal refused substantive officeDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 44
- service at the Yellow Gates 給事黃門ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 14
- assistant for the capital circuit 京部丞TransferredDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 43
- Marquis Who Extols Virtue 褒德侯Enfeoffed · Households 2000Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 49
- BestowedItems honor seat and staff, carriage and horses, one suit of clothes, five hundred jin of silk waddingDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 49
- Received imperial funeral honorsItems coffin, outer coffin, tomb ground, imperial attendance in mourning dressDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 51
- Marquis Who Extols Virtue 褒德侯Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 49
- EnteredAD 6 to AD 8 王莽居攝 · Retirement for illnessDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 44
- EnteredRetirement on account of ageDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 45
- Recognized asScholar of wide learningDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 4
- Refused office under Wang Mang and was renowned · Negated Office Service trueDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 305
Places and affiliations
- Eastern Han 後漢Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 28, passage 278
- Polity Eastern Han 东汉 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 85, passage 275
- At Wan in Nanyang 南陽宛 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 1
- At Mi 密 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 275
Learning and skills
- StudiedBC 48 to BC 33 元帝時 · Subject Odes, Rites, astronomy, and calendrical mathematics 《詩》、《禮》及歷算 · At Chang'an 長安 · Teacher Person Id Erudite Jiang (江生)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 3
Works and attributed material
- questioned a complainant about gifts to a pavilion chiefDialogue · SpeakerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 16-18
- asked that the horse be returned if it proved not to belong to the claimantSpeech · SpeakerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 11
- asked when the claimant had lost his horseSpeech · SpeakerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 9
- contrasted broad law with instruction through ritualSpeech · SpeakerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 31-35
- explained gift exchange and the humane basis of social relationsSpeech · SpeakerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 20, 23-29
Events and relationships
- Governed Mi through moral instruction and humane treatmentGovernance · MagistrateDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 15-16, 36-39
- Mi alone escaped a locust plagueBC 1 to AD 5 平帝時 · Omen · BeneficiaryDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 40-41
- Served as grand tutor then office abolished on deathDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 16
- Yielded a horse to a mistaken claimant, who later returned it and apologizedPersonal · Horse ownerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 8-12
- Relation Like minded associate · Group Person Ids Kong Xiu (孔休), Cai Xun (蔡勛), Liu Xuan (劉宣), Gong Sheng (龔勝), Bao Xuan (鮑宣)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 305
- Relation Served under · Person Kong Guang (孔光)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 7
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment earnest and sincere; emotion sincere, virtue full; benevolence touched insects and embryos · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 278-279
- Assessment kind government laughed at by people of Mi · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 275
- Assessment upright minor magistrate whose unprecedented early honor drew principled scholars to Guangwu · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 57-60
- generous, humane, deferential, affectionate, and disinclined to quarrelCharacterDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passages 5-6, 13
References in the histories
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