Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar and Official

Dao Qia 到洽

c. AD 477 - AD 527

Passages: 21
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dao Qia was a scholar and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Maoheng	茂㳂	Maoheng
Posthumous name	Lizi	理子	Lizi

Life and dates

Death

AD 527 大通元年
At Xunyang 尋陽
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 113

Age

51
AD 527 大通元年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 113

Attested activity

AD 527 大通元年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 113
AD 502 天監初
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 85

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Dao Zhongdu (到仲度)
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 73
Descendant of Dao Yanzhi (到彥之)
great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 72
Kin of Dao Hang (到沆)
cousin 從弟
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 85
Sibling of Dao Gai (到溉)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 82
Sibling of Dao Zhao (到沼)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 82
Child of Dao Tan (到坦)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 74
Child of Mother of Dao Qia (到洽母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 104
Parent of Dao Zhongju (到仲舉)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 129
Parent of Dao Bohuai (到伯淮)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 129

Career and standing

palace censor-in-chief 御史中丞
AD 525 普通六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 108
posthumous Attendant-in-Chief 侍中
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 114
Entered
Seclusion
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Liang 梁
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 256
At Wuyuan in Pengcheng 彭城武原
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 71

Works and attributed material

collected writings 文集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 128
Stele of the Imperial Academy 太學碑
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 98

Events and relationships

Relation Friend of · Person Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 77

Assessments and attributes

Assessment listed among famous ministers · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 256
Assessment stern and upright · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 108
Assessment upright and firm with his whole person · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 256

References in the histories

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History

21 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 27Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun · 21 passages

陸倕到洽明山賓殷鈞陸襄 Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun; and Lu Xiang

到洽字茂㳂，彭城武原人也。 Dao Qia, styled Maoheng, came from Wuyuan in Pengcheng commandery.

洽年十八，爲南徐州迎西曹行事。 At eighteen Qia served as acting western bureau clerk in the welcome office of Southern Xuzhou.

洽少知名，清警有才學士行。 From youth Qia was well known—clear-minded, sharp, and accomplished in learning and conduct.

謝朓文章盛於一時，見洽深相賞好，日引與談論。 Xie Tiao's writing was the finest of his age; on meeting Qia he took a deep liking to him and drew him into conversation every day.

每謂洽曰：「君非直名人，乃亦兼資文武。」 He often told Qia, "You are not merely a man of reputation—you combine civil and military gifts as well."

朓後爲吏部，洽去職，朓欲薦之，洽睹世方亂，深相拒絕。 Later, when Tiao became director of the Ministry of Personnel, Qia had left office; Tiao wished to recommend him, but Qia, seeing the realm turning chaotic, firmly refused.

樂安任昉有知人之鑒，與洽兄沼、溉並善。 Ren Fang of Le'an had a discerning eye for talent and was close friends with Qia's elder brothers Zhao and Gai.

嘗訪洽於田舍，見之歎曰：「此子日下無雙。」 Once he visited Qia at his farmstead and, on seeing him, exclaimed, "This youth has no peer under the sun."

天監初，沼、溉俱蒙擢用，洽尤見知賞，從弟沆亦相與齊名。 Early in the Tianjian era Zhao and Gai were both promoted; Qia was especially favored, and his cousin Hang was equally renowned.

高祖問待詔丘遲曰：「到洽何如沆、溉？」 The emperor asked the attendant-in-waiting Qiu Chi, "How does Dao Qia compare with Hang and Gai?"

御華光殿，詔洽及沆、蕭琛、任昉侍讌，賦二十韻詩，以洽辭爲工，賜絹二十匹。 At Huaguang Hall the emperor ordered Qia, Hang, Xiao Chen, and Ren Fang to attend a banquet; composing twenty-rhyme poems, the court judged Qia's diction the finest and granted him twenty bolts of silk.

洽兄弟羣從，遞居此職，時人榮之。 Qia's brothers and cousins held this post in succession, to the envy of their contemporaries.

俄爲侍讀，侍讀省仍置學士二人，洽復充其選。 Soon he became lecturer-in-attendance; the lecturer's office still appointed two scholars, and Qia again filled one of those posts.

時鑾輿欲親戎，軍國容禮，多自洽出。 At that time the emperor was about to take the field in person, and military and state ceremonial matters largely issued from Qia.

舊制，中丞不得入尚書下舍，洽兄溉爲左民尚書，洽引服親不應有礙，刺省詳決。 By old regulation the censor-in-chief might not enter the lower quarters of the Secretariat; Qia's elder brother Gai was director of the left for the people in the Secretariat, and Qia cited mourning garb and close kinship as grounds that there should be no impediment, submitting a memorial for detailed decision.

諡曰理子。 His posthumous title was Lizi, "The Principled."

昭明太子與晉安王綱令曰：「明北兗、到長史遂相系凋落，傷怛悲惋，不能已已。 Crown Prince Zhaoming sent a letter to Prince Jing'an, Xiao Gang, saying, "Ming of Northern Yanzhou and Chief Clerk Dao have died in succession; my grief and sorrow cannot be stilled.

到子風神開爽，文義可觀，當官蒞事，介然無私。 Master Dao was open and bright in spirit and bearing, and his writings and arguments were admirable. When he held office and managed affairs, he was firm and without selfishness.

洽文集行於世。 Qia's collected writings circulated in his day.

陳吏部尚書姚察曰：陸倕博涉文理，到洽匪躬貞勁，明山賓儒雅篤實，殷鈞靜素恬和，陸襄淳深孝性，雖任遇有異，皆列於名臣矣。 Yao Cha, director of the Ministry of Personnel of Chen, said: Lu Chui broadly penetrated literary principles; Dao Qia with his whole person was upright and firm; Ming Shanbin was elegant in Confucian learning and sincere and solid; Yin Jun was quiet, plain, tranquil, and harmonious; Lu Xiang was pure, deep, and filial in nature—though their appointments differed, all were listed among famous ministers.