Overview
The translated histories identify Feng Liang as a hermit, monk, religious leader, and scholar. This record brings together 25 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Feng Liang | 馮亮 | Feng Liang |
| Surname | Feng | 馮 | Feng |
| Personal name | Feng Liang | 馮亮 | Feng Liang |
| Given | Liang | 亮 | Liang |
| Courtesy name | Lingtong | 靈通 | Lingtong |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beishi:088:s0064, weishu:096:s0050
Roles
- Hermit
- Monk
- Religious Leader
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 513Explicit · weishu:096:s0067, weishu:096:s0068
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Western Year: AD 513Explicit · beishi:088:s0081
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 513Explicit · weishu:096:s0067
- Source Date: Text: 宣武嘗召 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 515Explicit · beishi:088:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Western Year: AD 513Explicit · beishi:088:s0081
- Source Date: Text: 會中山王英平義陽而獲焉 · Western Year: AD 504Explicit · weishu:096:s0052
Family
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- Kin of Cai Daogong (蔡道恭)Kinship Term: maternal uncle of / 甥 · Subject Role: maternal-uncle · Object Role: sister's-son · Line: maternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Mother of Feng Liang
- Kin of Feng Zong (綜)Kinship Term: brother's son / nephew / 兄子 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Intermediary Person Ids: Elder brother of Feng Liang
- Sibling of Elder Brother of Feng LiangKinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Sibling of Elder brother of Feng LiangKinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
- Kin of Cai Daogong (蔡道恭)Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅 · Line: maternal · Subject Role: maternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew
- Child of Mother of Feng LiangKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
- Child of Mother of Feng LiangKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
- Kin of Zong (綜)Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal
Career and standing
- Label: Captain of the Feathered Forest / 羽林監 · Action: refusedExplicit · weishu:096:s0056
- Label: Palace Scribe / 中書舍人 · Action: refusedExplicit · weishu:096:s0056
- Label: Supervisor of the Feathered Forest / 羽林監 · Action: refusedExplicit · beishi:088:s0070
- Status: captivity · Action: enteredExplicit · weishu:096:s0052
- Status: pardon · Action: receivedExplicit · beishi:088:s0074
- Status: hermitExplicit · beishi:088:s0068
- Label: arrest and special pardon / 被執…詔特免雪 · Action: pardonedExplicit · weishu:096:s0059
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: lived-underExplicit · weishu:096:s0052, weishu:096:s0056
- Place: Nanyang / 南陽Explicit · beishi:088:s0064, weishu:096:s0050
- Place: Daochang Temple on Mount Song / 崧高道場寺 · Relation: died-atExplicit · weishu:096:s0067
- Place: Jingming Temple / 景明寺 · Relation: lodged-atExplicit · weishu:096:s0060
- Place: Luoyang / 洛 · Relation: traveled-toExplicit · weishu:096:s0054
- Place: Mount Song / 崧高 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · weishu:096:s0054
- Place: Yiyang / 義陽 · Relation: captured-atExplicit · weishu:096:s0052
Learning and skills
- Belief: Buddhism / 佛理 · Relation: adherent-ofExplicit · beishi:088:s0065, weishu:096:s0051
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · beishi:088:s0083
Events and relationships
- Kind: construction · Role: designer · Action: built-reclusive-temple · Other Person Id: Emperor Shizong (世宗)Explicit · weishu:096:s0064
- Kind: military · Role: captive · Action: captured-at-Yiyang · Other Person Id: Yuan Ying (英) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 正始元年前後義陽之平 · Western Year: AD 504Explicit · weishu:096:s0052
- Kind: funeral · Role: deceased · Action: cremated-on-mountain · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 513Explicit · weishu:096:s0071
- Kind: arrest · Role: detaineeExplicit · beishi:088:s0074
- Explicit · beishi:088:s0066
- Kind: cremation · Role: deceasedExplicit · beishi:088:s0083, beishi:088:s0090
- Kind: temple-building · Role: designerExplicit · beishi:088:s0078
- Relation: acquaintance-of · Person Id: Xin (信)Explicit · beishi:088:s0088
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: 性清靜 — pure and quiet nature · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beishi:088:s0068
- Item: stupa and sutra repository / 佛塔經藏 · Relation: commemorated-byExplicit · weishu:096:s0072
- Item: two hundred bolts of silk for funeral / 帛二百匹 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · weishu:096:s0069
References in the histories
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