Notable people
13 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
Ministers
Remonstrators
Remonstrance officials who spoke plainly and impeached faults
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Mural guide
At dawn in a palace courtyard, a large drum hangs in a small roofed frame beside a red pillar, with a bound bundle of scrolls on a low stand in front; a stone balustrade leads toward a large hall in the mist, and a row of tiny people stands far away.
Remonstrators are officials who advised the ruler frankly and impeached the faults of officials, such as remonstrance officers and censors. Their deeds are recorded in memorials and biographies, and they were sometimes rewarded and sometimes punished for speaking. They differ from chief ministers and ordinary officials in that remonstrance and oversight were their main duties, not carrying out administration.
People in this role
- Guan Longfengc. 1650 BCE–1600 BCE
- Bi GanDates unknown; late Shang
- Ji ZiDates unknown; late Shang to early Zhou
- Duke Mu of Zhao (Ji Hu)c. 870 BCE–828 BCE
- Ying KaoshuBirth year unknown; d. 712 BCE
- Wu ZixuBirth unknown–484 BCE
- Chunyu Kunc. 386–c. 310 BCE
- Zou JiDates unknown; chancellor of Qi under King Wei
- Qu Yuanc. 340 BCE–c. 278 BCE
- Zhuang XinDates unknown; active under King Qingxiang of Chu (c. 278 BCE)
- Chu LongDates unknown; active c. 265 BCE
- Li Sic. 280 BCE–208 BCE
- Mao JiaoDates unknown; remonstrated with the King of Qin in 237 BCE
- Feng JieBirth unknown–208 BCE
- Fu SuBirth unknown–210 BCE
- Zou Yang206 BCE–129 BCE
- Wei MengDates unknown; active in the Chu kingdom of the early Western Han, c. 201–154 BCE
- Jia ShanDates unknown; active in the reign of Emperor Wen of Han (179–157 BCE)
- Lu WenshuDates unknown; submitted his memorial at the start of Emperor Xuan's reign (74 BCE)
- Wei Xiangbirth unknown – 59 BCE
- Zhang ChangBirth year unknown; died 48 BCE
- Jia JuanzhiBirth unknown; died 43 BCE
- Xiao WangzhiBirth year unknown; died c. 47–46 BCE
- Gu YongBirth unknown, died 8 BCE
- Geng YuDates unknown; served as Palace Gentleman under Emperor Cheng of Western Han (33–7 BCE)
No people in this role for that dynasty.