Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar

Congdian 從典

Attested AD 574

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Congdian was a scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Youyi	由儀

Life and dates

Death

Age 57
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 84

Attested activity

AD 574 太建六年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 77

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Lu Yu (陸瑜)
father's cousin 從父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 71
Child of Lu Qiong (陸瓊)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Chen 30, passage 66

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 30Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai · 4 passages

蕭濟陸瓊子從典顧野王傅縡章華 Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; his son Congdian; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai; Zhang Hua

第三子從典，字由儀。 His third son Congdian, styled Youyi.

八歲，讀沈約集，見回文研銘，從典援筆擬之，便有佳致。 At eight he read Shen Yue's collected works. Seeing a palindrome study inscription, Congdian took up the brush to match it and at once produced something fine.

從父瑜特所賞愛，及瑜將終，家中墳籍皆付從典，從典乃集瑜文為十卷，仍製集序，其文甚工。 His father's cousin Yu cherished him above the rest. When Yu was dying he entrusted the household's grave registers and books to Congdian, who gathered Yu's writings into ten juan and wrote a preface—the prose was accomplished throughout.