Fan Xiu (范岫) | 24 Histories

Overview

Fan Xiu was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Maobin	懋賓	Màobīn
Nickname	Long-Head Fan	范長頭	Fàn Chángtóu
Epithet	Master Fan	范公	Fàn gōng

Life and dates

Death

AD 514 十三年
Died in office
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 32

Age

75
AD 514 十三年 · Reckoning Sui
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 32

Attested activity

AD 508 七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passages 28-29
AD 510 九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 31
AD 509 八年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 30
AD 507 六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 27
AD 514 十三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 32
AD 504 天監三年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 221

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AD 506 天監五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 26
AD 499 東昏
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 47, passage 256
AD 502 to AD 520 梁世
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 188
AD 501 永元末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 23
AD 501 永元末
Directly stated · Book of Liang 31, passage 53
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 17
AD 465 to AD 471 泰始中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 7

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Fan Xuan (范宣)
great-great-grandfather 高祖 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 4
Child of Fan Yi (范羲)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 5
Child of Mother of Fan Xiu (范岫母)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 6, 18
Parent of Fan Wei (范偉)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 40
Parent of Fan Bao (范褒)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 40

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 40

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

descendant of Fan Xuan, Jin recluse-scholar
Line paternal · Ancestor Person Id Fan Xuan (范宣)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 4

Career and standing

Grand Master of the Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon 金紫光祿大夫
AD 510 九年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 31
Minister of Rites 祠部尚書
AD 510 九年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 31
Administrator of Jinling 晉陵太守
AD 509 八年 · Appointed · Rank fully two thousand bushels 中二千石
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 30
Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
AD 506 天監五年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 26
Regular Attendant 散騎常侍
AD 506 天監五年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 26
acting administrator of southern Xu 行南徐州事
AD 501 永元末 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 23

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chief clerk to the Champion Prince of Jin’an 冠軍晉安王長史
AD 501 永元末 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 23
General Who Assists the State 輔國將軍
AD 501 永元末 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 23
acting chief clerk of Huaiyin 兼淮陰長史
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 17
palace attendant 奉朝請
AD 465 to AD 471 泰始中 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 7
chief clerk 主簿
AD 465 to AD 471 興宗爲安西將軍 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 8
Administrator of Southern Yiyang 南義陽太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 19
army aide to the Pacification General 撫軍司馬
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 20
Attendant Gentleman at the Yellow Gate 給事黃門侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 22
Censor-in-Chief 御史中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 22
chief clerk of the Southern Man 南蠻長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 19
Director of the Ministry of Personnel 尚書吏部郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 24
Erudite of the Imperial University 國子博士
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 16
General Who Establishes Might 建威將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 21
General Who Pacifies the North (Ningshuo) 寧朔將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 19
Interior Secretary of Ancheng 安成內史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 21
Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 18
Minister of Revenue 度支尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 25
Right Valiant Cavalry General 右驍騎將軍
AD 510 九年 · Held concurrently
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 31
Left Commandant of the Crown Prince’s Guard 太子左衛率
AD 507 六年 · Held concurrently
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 27
Vanguard General 前軍將軍
Held concurrently
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 22
army aide to the Protector-General 護軍司馬
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
Censor-in-Chief 御史中丞
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 47, passage 256
chief arbiter for northern and southern Yan 南北兗二州大中正
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 22, 28
Director of the Heir Apparent’s Household 太子家令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 10
magistrate of Changcheng 長城縣令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 9, 37
magistrate of Linhai 臨海縣令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
recorder to the Grand Tutor Prince of Jingling 司徒竟陵王子良記室參軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
revising clerk of the Department of State Affairs 尚書刪定郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
staff officer to the Rapid Cavalry General 驃騎參軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
acting restoration of duties 起攝職
Restored
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 18
General of the Right Guard 右衛將軍
AD 508 七年 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 28
Regular Attendant of Direct Communication 通直散騎常侍
AD 508 七年 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 28
staff adviser of the Right Army 右軍諮議參軍
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 19
twenty personal attendants 親信二十人
AD 510 九年 · Bestowed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 31
ceremonial supporting staff 給扶
AD 506 天監五年 · Bestowed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 26
Entered
Early orphaned of father
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 6
Left office
AD 483 to AD 498 母憂去官 · Mourning leave
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 18

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 25-26
Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 188
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 47, passage 256
Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 9, 17, 23
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 7
At Kaocheng in Jiyang 濟陽考城
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 3

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At Ancheng 安成 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 21
At Changcheng 長城 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 9, 37
At Huaiyin 淮陰 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 17
At Jinling 晉陵 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 30, 38
At Linhai 臨海 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
At southern Xu 南徐州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 23
At Southern Yiyang 南義陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 19

Learning and skills

knowledge of former ages’ precedents 多識前代舊事
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 15
Skill Wei-Jin ritual and omen precedents 魏晉以來吉凶故事 · Level expert
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 12
Skill broad learning 博涉多通 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 12-13

Works and attributed material

Character Instruction 字訓
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 39
Collected Writings 文集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 39
Miscellaneous Ritual Protocols 雜儀
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 39
Treatise on Rites 禮論
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 39
Memorial · Author · With Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 47, passage 256

Events and relationships

after mourning his parents 自親喪之後
Ritual · Mourner · Completed parental mourning
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 35
Drawn into Eastern Palace literary circle
Literary · Recruit · With Literary and Gracious Heir Apparent (文惠太子)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 11
Memorialized arrest
Legal · Prosecutor · With Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 47, passage 256
Pledged loyalty to Gaozu
Political · Adherent
Directly stated · Book of Liang 31, passage 53
Received funeral gifts
AD 514 十三年 · Ritual · Honoree · Items fifty thousand cash and a hundred bolts of cloth 賻錢五萬，布百匹
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 33
Received Wei envoy at border
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中 · Diplomatic · Envoy receiver · At frontier at Huaiyin 界首／淮陰
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 17

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Requested retirement
AD 508 其年 · Political · Petitioner · Outcome Refused by edict
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 29
Liang headquarters established 梁臺建
Political · Officeholder · Served when Liang headquarters established
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 25
righteous army pacified the capital 義師平京邑
Political · Appointee · Summoned after capital pacified
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 24
great selection 大選
Political · Participant · Took part in great appointments
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 24
Relation Colleague of · Person Shen Yue (沈約)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 6, 11-12
Relation Compared to · Person Shi Qing (石慶) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 188
Relation Compared to · Person Shi Jian (石建) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 188
Relation Served under · Person Xiao Ziliang (蕭子良)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
Relation Served under · Person Literary and Gracious Heir Apparent (文惠太子)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 11
Relation Served under · Person Champion Prince of Jin’an (冠軍晉安王)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 23
Relation Attended on · Person Crown Prince (皇太子)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 26-27

Assessments and attributes

Assessment authority on deportment and ritual bearing · Mode named-source-report Speaker Fan Yun (范雲)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 14-15
Assessment filial toward his mother · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 6
Assessment fond of learning and thoroughly informed; even Hu Guang could not surpass him · Mode named-source-report Speaker Shen Yue (沈約)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 13
Assessment incorruptible in every office · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 36
Assessment reputation and conduct acknowledged by contemporaries · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 12
Assessment steadfast conduct, purity, and caution; admirable from first to last · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 188

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reverent, dignified, and governed by ritual in advancing and withdrawing
Conduct
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 34
after parental mourning ate vegetables and wore plain cloth for life
Lifestyle
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 35
stood seven feet eight inches (身長七尺八寸)
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 34
Item catalpa-wood cap-box 梓材巾箱 · Relation Possessed · kept unchanged for decades after rising in rank
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 37
Item pair of ivory-barrel brushes 牙管筆一雙 · Relation Possessed · regarded even that as extravagant at Jinling
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 38