Overview
The translated histories identify Cai Xingzong as a courtier, general, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cai Xingzong | 蔡興宗 | Cai Xingzong |
| Personal | Cai Xingzong | 蔡興宗 | Cài Xīngzōng |
| Personal | Cai Xingzong | 蔡興宗 | |
| Title | General Who Campaigns West Cai Xingzong | 征西將軍蔡興宗 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · nanqishu:048:s0013, songshu:071:s0183
- Sex: maleExplicit · nanqishu:053:s0199
Roles
- Courtier
- General
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元嘉二十八年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 28 · Western Year: AD 451Explicit event contextual date · songshu:071:s0183
- Source Date: Text: 元嘉中 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Year: AD 445Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0223
- Source Date: Text: AD 465-472 · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 472Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 宋泰始初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 471Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0199
Family
- Kin of Yuan Tuan (袁彖)Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 外舅 · Line: maternal · Subject Role: maternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew
Career and standing
- Action: held · Appointments: Governor of Yingzhou / 爲郢州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宋泰始初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 471Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0199
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · songshu:071:s0183
Events and relationships
- Relation: entrusted-official-duties-to · Person Id: Li Guizhi (李珪之)Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0199
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · songshu:071:s0183
References in the histories
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