Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Chen Zhizhi 陳知質

First attested AD 1126; died AD 1127

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Zhizhi was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1127 未幾，及於難
Died at the same time as Cheng Zhen
Directly stated · songshi:357:s0247c
AD 1127 靖康二年二月
Beaten to death and head displayed
Strongly inferred · History of Song 357, passage 196

Attested activity

AD 1127 未幾，及於難
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 237; songshi:357:s0247c
AD 1126 to AD 1127 金人圍京都
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 189
AD 1127 靖康二年二月
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 196

Career and standing

head of the search for funds 主根索
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 189
vice minister of Rites 禮部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · songshi:357:s0247c

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 189

Source notes

has no surviving biography
Field biography
Directly stated · songshi:357:s0247c

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 357Volume 357 Biographies 116: He Guan, Li Xijing, Wang Yun, Tan Shiji, Mei Zhili, Cheng Zhen, Liu Yanqing · 2 passages

執禮與同列陳知質、程振、安扶皆主根索，四人哀民力已困，相與謀曰：「金人所欲無藝極，雖銅鐵亦不能給，盍以軍法結罪，儻窒其求。」 Zhili and his colleagues Chen Zhizhi, Cheng Zhen, and An Fu all headed the search for funds. Grieving that the people were exhausted, the four plotted together: "The Jin demands are boundless—even copper and iron could not satisfy them. Why not fix guilt under military law and perhaps block their demands?"

同時死者禮部侍郎陳知質，失其傳；給事中安扶，附見父《安燾傳》。 Chen Zhizhi, vice minister of Rites, who died at the same time, has no surviving biography; An Fu, supervising secretary, is treated in his father's biography of An Tao.