Sima Lang
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Sima Lang | |
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司馬朗 | |
Inspector of Imperial Chancellor (丞相主簿) | |
In office 208 –? | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Chancellor | Cao Cao |
Prefect of Yuancheng (元城令) | |
In office ? –? | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Chief of Tangyang (堂陽長) | |
In office ? –? | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Prefect of Chenggao (成皋令) | |
In office 202 –? | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Personal details | |
Born | 171[a] Wen County, Henan |
Died | 217 (aged 46)[a] Juchao District, Chaohu, Anhui |
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Relatives | |
Occupation | Official |
Courtesy name | Boda (伯達) |
Sima Lang (171–217),
Later in 202, Sima Lang reentered government service and served in the central government, then under the control of the warlord Cao Cao. In his early career, Cao Cao served as a district security chief in the imperial capital Luoyang after Sima Lang's father Sima Fang, then the Intendant of the Capital, recommended him for the job. Now that Cao Cao had become the de facto head of the central government, he wanted to repay Sima Fang's favour by treating Sima Lang well. Over the subsequent years, he appointed Sima Lang to various positions as either a county prefect or county chief. When he held office, Sima Lang adopted policies which benefited the common people, and thus earned their respect in return.
In 208, after he assumed office as
In the year 217, Sima Lang accompanied Cao Cao's generals Xiahou Dun and Zang Ba on a military campaign against a rival warlord, Sun Quan. During the campaign, an epidemic broke out in the army and many soldiers fell sick. While distributing medicine to the soldiers, Sima Lang caught the disease himself and became ill too. He eventually succumbed to his illness and died.
Sima Lang had a son, Sima Yi (司馬遺; note the different Chinese character for Yi from the one in Sima Yi's name), who died prematurely so he had no heir. However, some time later, Sima Wang, one of Sima Lang's nephews, was transferred to Sima Lang's lineage (i.e. "adopted" as Sima Lang's son) to continue Sima Lang's family line.
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Notes
- ^ a b Sima Lang's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that he died at the age of 47 (by East Asian age reckoning) in the 22nd year of the Jian'an era (196-220) of the reign of Emperor Xian of Han.[1] By calculation, Sima Lang's year of birth should be 171.
References
- ^ (建安二十二年, ... 遇疾卒,時年四十七。) Sanguozhi vol. 15.
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).