Kuan Shu / 宽舒

Overview

Kuan Shu / 宽舒 is the coastal official whom 汉武帝 assigns to continue 李少君’s search method after the fangshi’s death in Hanji 259 part 1. The current profile is deliberately narrow because the source gives no wider biography.

Current Profile

Kuan Shu enters the episode only after Wudi interprets Li Shaojun’s death as transformation rather than failure. His assignment is to search the coast for 蓬莱 and 安期生 using Li’s approach. He therefore represents administrative continuation: an unverifiable claim survives its original claimant by being transferred to an official mission.

Key Characteristics

• Identified as a coastal official in the episode’s account.
• Receives the search assignment after Li Shaojun’s death.
• Carries a personal fangshi program into continuing state-supported action.

Evidence

• Official role and assignment: Hanji 259 part 1 says Wudi sends Kuan Shu from the coastal administration to seek Penglai and An Qisheng according to Li Shaojun’s method.

Qualifications

The source does not establish Kuan Shu’s full name, exact title, biography, route, resources, duration, or result. His role should not be expanded beyond the reported continuation mission.

What Changed

• Created a bounded profile for the official continuation of Li Shaojun’s search program.
• Kept office, biography, and mission outcome explicitly unresolved.

Relationships

• 汉武帝 - ruler who orders the mission.
• 李少君 - deceased fangshi whose method Kuan Shu is told to continue.
• 蓬莱 - destination sought by the mission.
• 安期生 - named immortal sought by the mission.
• 求仙政治 - framework for transferring a specialist claim into administrative action.