Biography

Shangguan Jie first rose in prominence when he accompanied Li Guangli during the Han invasion of Osh. Due to his bravery, he received several promotions.

In 87 B.C., as Emperor Wu was nearing death, Shangguan was made one of 4 officials assisting Wu's successor, the young Liu Fuling (who would ascend the throne as Emperor Zhao; the other 3 are Huo Guang, Jin Midi, and Sang Hongyang). Shangguan Jie's son Shangguan An married a daughter of Huo Guang; Shangguan An's daughter would later become Emperor Zhao's empress. However, the cordial relationship between Shangguan Jie and Huo Guang would not last, presumably due to Shangguan's jealousy of Huo's power being greater than his own. In 80 B.C., the Shangguan clan, along with Sang Hongyang, was implicated in an attempted rebellion, and exterminated.

Due to his crime of treason, his biography was not included in the Book of Han; details on him were instead found in the biographies of his granddaughter and Li Guangli.

生平

少時為羽林期門郎，深受武帝的信任及賞識，先被封為太僕，後又升遷至左將軍。在莽何羅謀反事件中，騎都尉上官桀立功。武帝死後，在遺詔裡封金日磾為秺侯，上官桀為安陽侯，霍光為博陸侯，但上官桀等人均不受。除此之外，武帝亦令金日磾、上官桀等人輔佐年少的漢昭帝。上官桀初與霍去病之弟霍光友好，霍光將其女嫁給上官桀的兒子上官安。上官安之女上官氏進入宮中，為婕妤。不久，被冊立為皇后，昭帝駕崩後，上官氏先後成為皇太后和太皇太后，直到壽終。後上官桀與同樣是權臣的霍光不睦，被誣同燕王劉旦謀反而遭滅族。

另一個上官桀

曾隨貳師將軍李廣利攻貳師，任搜粟都尉，上官桀往攻破鬱成，鬱成降。因「敢深入」之功勞，上官桀升任少府。按《漢書·百官公卿表下》，「搜粟都尉上官桀為少府，年老免」，實為同名同姓的兩個人。