Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Administrator and Official

Gu Xianzhi 顧憲之

Died AD 509

Passages
19
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Gu Xianzhi as an administrator, judge, official, and writer. This record brings together 19 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gu Xianzhi 顧憲之 Gu Xianzhi
Title Administrator Gu of Hengyang 顧衡陽 Gu Hengyang
Title Administrator Gu of Jiankang 顧建康 Gu Jiankang
Surname Gu 顧 Gu
Personal name Gu Xianzhi 顧憲之 Gu Xianzhi
Courtesy name Sisi 士思 Sisi
Given Xianzhi 憲之 Xianzhi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Judge
  • Official
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 509 · Place: at home / 於家 · Age: Value: 74 · Reckoning: sui
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0066

Age

  • Value: 74 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 509
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0066

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 中興二年 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0061
  • Source Date: Text: 元徽中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 473 · End: AD 477
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:052:s0021
  • Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 509
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0066
  • Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0063
  • Source Date: Text: 建武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 498
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:052:s0054
  • Source Date: Text: 永元初 · Western Year: AD 499
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:052:s0059

Family

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  • Child of Gu Bianzhi (顧抃之)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Mother of Gu Xianzhi
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: magistrate of Jiankang / 建康令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元徽中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 473 · End: AD 477
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0021
  • Label: Grand Master of the Palace / 太中大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0063
  • Label: administrator of Hengyang / 衡陽內史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊高帝卽位 · Western Year: AD 479
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0032
  • Status: poverty · Action: endured
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0064, liangshu:052:s0065

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: Flourishing Talent (xiucai) / 秀才 / xiucai · Action: recommended
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0020

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: divine in judgment · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0025
  • Assessment: pure and frugal · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0027
  • Assessment: withdrew by citing age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:052:s0153

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 52Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient · 19 passages
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