Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Hermit and Religious Figure

Feng Liang 馮亮

Died AD 513

Passages
25
Chapters
2
Histories
2

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Feng Liang 馮亮 Feng Liang
Surname Feng Feng
Personal name Feng Liang 馮亮 Feng Liang
Given Liang Liang
Courtesy name Lingtong 靈通 Lingtong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

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 513
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Western Year: AD 513
    Explicit · beishi:088:s0081

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 513
    Explicit · weishu:096:s0067
  • Source Date: Text: 宣武嘗召 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 515
    Explicit · beishi:088:s0070
  • Source Date: Text: 延昌二年冬 · Western Year: AD 513
    Explicit · beishi:088:s0081
  • Source Date: Text: 會中山王英平義陽而獲焉 · Western Year: AD 504
    Explicit · 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 Liang
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Sibling of Elder brother of Feng Liang
    Kinship 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 Liang
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
  • Child of Mother of Feng Liang
    Kinship 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

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: 性清靜 — pure and quiet nature · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · beishi:088:s0068
  • Item: stupa and sutra repository / 佛塔經藏 · Relation: commemorated-by
    Explicit · weishu:096:s0072
  • Item: two hundred bolts of silk for funeral / 帛二百匹 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · weishu:096:s0069

References in the histories

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History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 12 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 96Volume 90: Retired Officals: Sui Kua, Feng Liang, Li Mi, Zheng Xiu · 13 passages