Chen Zhi 陳祗

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Elder Brother of Xu Jing (許靖兄)
  maternal grandfather 外祖 · maternal line · 2 generations
  maternal grandson 外孫 · maternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 243
• Child of Mother of Chen Zhi (陳祗母)
  mother 母 · maternal line
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 243
• Parent of Chen Yu (陳裕)
  second son 次子
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 252
• Parent of Chen Can (陳粲)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 252

Career and standing

• General Who Stabilizes the Army 鎮軍將軍
  AD 251 呂乂卒 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 235, 247
• Palace Attendant acting as Director of the Masters of Writing 侍中守尚書令
  AD 251 呂乂卒 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 235, 247
• inner court attendant 內侍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 246
• Gentleman of the Selection Bureau 選曹郎
  Held
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 245
• palace attendant 侍中
  AD 246 九年 · Succeeded · With Dong Yun (董允)
  Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 215
• Loyal Marquis 忠侯
  AD 258 景耀元年 · Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 249, 251

Places and affiliations

• Polity Shu Han 蜀漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 215, 247-248
• At Runan 汝南
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 243

Learning and skills

• Skill many arts 技藝
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 246
• Skill numerology and divination 數術
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 246

Works and attributed material

• Edict · Subject · With Later Lord (後主)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 249-251

Events and relationships

• Authority outweighed
  Political · Subject · With Jiang Wei (姜維)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 248
• Carried out sovereign intent and allied with eunuchs
  Political · Favorite · With Later Lord (後主)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 248
• Promoted ahead into inner service
  Career · Appointee · With Dong Yun (董允)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 246
• Relation Ally of · Person Huang Hao (黃皓)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 215
• Relation Raised in household of · Person Xu Jing (許靖)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 244
• Relation Successor of · Person Dong Yun (董允)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 215

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment gentle, orderly, and beneficial in office for twelve years · Mode edict Speaker Later Lord (後主)
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 249-251
• Assessment stern and imposing in bearing · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 245
• already known at capping age
  Reputation
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 245

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 215