Xun Yue

Xun Yue
荀悅
Master of Writing
(尚書)
In office
c. 200 (c. 200)–209 (209)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Personal details
Born148[a]
Died209 (aged 61)[1]
RelationsSee Xun family of Yingchuan
Parent
  • Xun Jian (father)
OccupationHistorian, philosopher, politician
Courtesy nameZhongyu (仲豫)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xun.

Xun Yue (148–209), courtesy name Zhongyu, was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician of the Eastern Han dynasty of China. Born in the influential Xun family of Yingchuan Commandery (穎川郡; around present-day Xuchang, Henan), Xun Yue served in the Han government as a historian and wrote 13 chapters of the historical text Annals of Han (漢紀), which covered the history of the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE – 9 CE).[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference HHS death year was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ (張璠漢紀稱恱清虛沈靜，善於著述。建安初為祕書監侍中，被詔刪漢書作漢紀三十篇，因事以明臧否，致有典要；其書大行於世。) Han Ji annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 10.
  3. ^ de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Leiden: Brill. pp. 929–930. ISBN 9789004156050.


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