Overview
The translated histories identify Cai Zheng as an administrator, aristocrat, courtier, and general. This record brings together 22 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cai Zheng | 蔡徵 | Cai Zheng |
| Surname | Cai | 蔡 | Cai |
| Personal name | Cai Zheng | 蔡徵 | Cai Zheng |
| Personal name | Cai Zheng | 蔡徵 | |
| Changed name | Lan | 覽 | Lan |
| Title | Marquis of Xinfeng County | 新豐縣侯 | Xinfeng xian hou |
| Courtesy name | Xixiang | 希祥 | Xixiang |
| Given name | Zheng | 徵 | Zheng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:025:s0095, suishu:052:s0023
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · chenshu:029:s0154
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- Courtier
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Age: Value: 67 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · chenshu:029:s0184
Age
- Value: 67 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · chenshu:029:s0184
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天嘉初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 560 · End: AD 560Explicit · chenshu:029:s0161
- Source Date: Text: 平陳 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:052:s0023
- Source Date: Text: 梁承聖初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 552 · End: AD 554Explicit · chenshu:029:s0160
- Source Date: Text: 禎明三年 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit · chenshu:029:s0174
- Source Date: Text: 禎明元年 · Western Year: AD 587Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:025:s0083, chenshu:025:s0095
- Source Date: Text: 至德二年 · Western Year: AD 584Explicit · chenshu:029:s0164
Family
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- Child of Mother of Cai ZhengKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Cai Jingli (蔡景歷)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Cai Yi (蔡翼)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Lady Liu (劉氏)Kinship Term: stepmother / 繼母 · Parentage: step
Career and standing
- Label: Director of the Palace Guard / 領軍 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:052:s0023
- Title: Marquis of Xinfeng County / 新豐縣侯 · Action: inheritedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0163
- Status: nearly-executed · Action: threatened · Authority Person Id: Chen Shubao (陳叔寶) · Negated: trueExplicit · chenshu:029:s0173
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Sui / 隋 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0183
- Place: the Pass / Guanzhong / 關 · Relation: relocated-toExplicit · chenshu:029:s0177
Learning and skills
- Skill: broad institutional and geographic knowledge / 詳究 · Level: renownedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0178, chenshu:029:s0179
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · chenshu:029:s0175
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defended · Place: palace city / 宮城Explicit · chenshu:029:s0174, chenshu:029:s0176
- Kind: military · Role: recruiter · Action: raised-troops · Count: 10000Explicit · chenshu:029:s0170
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: clever and talented but stumbled by seizing power · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:029:s0190
- Assessment: given to flattery and advancement · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:029:s0180, chenshu:029:s0182
- Assessment: had Wang Xiang's filial nature · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Source Person Id: Cai Jingli (蔡景歷)Explicit · chenshu:029:s0159
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: handsome appearance and eloquenceExplicit · chenshu:029:s0178
Source notes
- From: Lan / 覽 · To: Zheng / 徵 · Also Styled: Xixiang / 希祥Explicit · chenshu:029:s0159
References in the histories
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