Overview
Five Senior was an official and Ritual Elder.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 618 to AD 907 前三日Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 19, passages 206-208, 210-211
Career and standing
- Five Senior 五更Directly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 208
- Three Tutors or Three Dukes 三師、三公Held before retirementStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 19, passage 208
- Five Senior 五更Appointed · Selection next after the Three Elder in virtue and ageDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 208
- retired from the Three Tutors or Three Dukes 三師、三公致仕者Retired · HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 208
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 19, passage 208
- At Imperial Academy 太學 · Relation Honored atDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passages 206-207
- At west of the south gate outside 南門外之西 · Relation Waiting stationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 211
Events and relationships
- Assigned waiting station west of south gate facing eastRitual · HonoreeDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 211
- Fed by emperor at imperial academyDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passages 206-207
- Selected as five senior next after three elderRitual · HonoreeDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 208
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 19, passage 208
References in the histories
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