即墨大夫 / Jimo Dafu

即墨大夫 / Jimo Dafu appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（2） as the local 齐国 official whose court reputation is bad but whose district performs well when 齐威王 secretly investigates it. The source says Jimo has opened land, has full fields, a prosperous population, and stable eastern borders.

His source role is the positive half of Independent Official Audit / 独立考核地方官. Qi Wei Wang concludes that Jimo Dafu is attacked at court because he has not bribed or flattered nearby courtiers, then rewards him with additional households.

Connections

• 齐威王 - ruler who evaluates and rewards him.
• 齐国 - polity and administrative setting.
• 阿邑大夫 - negative contrast in the same evaluation sequence.
• Independent Official Audit / 独立考核地方官 and Court Feedback Collapse / 君臣反馈失灵 - governance frames for separating performance from court reputation.