Sui and Tang · Palace Attendant

Attendant-in-chief 侍中

Shizhong

Attested AD 618 - AD 907

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Attendant-in-chief was a Palace Attendant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 to AD 907 唐
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 11, passages 88, 90, 92

Career and standing

Attendant-in-chief 侍中
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passages 88, 90, 92

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 11, passage 88

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor (皇帝) · Mode quoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 92
Speech · Speaker · Mode quoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passages 88, 90

Events and relationships

Reported tablet requests and escorted emperor to purification
Ritual · Attendant
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passages 88, 90, 92

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 88

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 11Volume 11 Treatises 1: Rites and Music 1 · 3 passages

晝漏上水一刻，侍中版奏「請中嚴」。 At the first quarter after the day clepsydra begins, the attendant-in-chief reports by tablet: "Request mid-strictness."

二刻，侍中版奏「外辦」。 At the second quarter, the attendant-in-chief reports by tablet: "Outer preparations complete."

一刻頃，侍中前跪奏稱：「侍中臣某言，請就齋室。」 After about one quarter; the attendant-in-chief kneels forward and reports: "The attendant-in-chief, your servant, requests that Your Majesty proceed to the purification chamber."