Xun Yue
Xun Yue | |
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| 荀悅 | |
| Master of Writing (尚書) | |
| In office c. 200 – 209 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
| Chancellor | Cao Cao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 148 |
| Died | 209 (aged 61) |
| Relations | See Xun family of Yingchuan |
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| Occupation | Historian, philosopher, politician |
| Courtesy name | Zhongyu (仲豫) |
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).