Guangye (光鄴) | 24 Histories

Overview

Guangye was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Death

AD 952 廣順二年十月
Died after finishing his charge · At Jingzhao 京兆
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passages 49-50

Attested activity

AD 948 to AD 951 任金吾日
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 46
AD 952 廣順二年十月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passages 44, 49-50

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Di Guangye (翟光鄴繼母)
stepmother 繼母 · Step parentage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 45

brothers all lived in harmony
Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 45
kin crowded about him and coarse grain barely fed them
Kinship Role kin · Quantity numerous
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 46

Career and standing

Golden Crow commissioner 金吾
AD 948 to AD 951 任金吾日 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 46
acting administrator of Jingzhao 權知京兆
AD 952 廣順二年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 48
condolence gifts amounting to several thousand items 賻赗幾數千計
AD 952 自終及葬 · Bestowed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 52
Junior Tutor of the Heir Apparent 太子少師
AD 952 廣順二年 · Posthumously granted
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 53

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passages 48, 53
AD 952 廣順二年
At Jingzhao 京兆 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 48
At government rooms 官屋 · Relation Resided in · borrowed a few government rooms against wind and rain while Golden Crow commissioner
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 46
At Luoyang 洛 · Relation Requested burial return
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 49

Learning and skills

Skill tending health 攝養 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 54

Works and attributed material

Deathbed charge · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressee close attendants
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 49

Events and relationships

Died
AD 952 廣順二年十月 · Personal · Deceased
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 50
bought wine on credit and talked all day without tiring
Personal · Host · Entertained guests on credit wine
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 47
Famed for filial care
Ritual · Son · With Mother of Di Guangye (翟光鄴繼母)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 45
Governed with leniency
Political · Administrator · At Jingzhao 京兆 · Outcome Stopped previous harsh measures; people found it convenient
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 48
Illness grew grave
Medical · Subject · At Chang'an / Jingzhao 京兆
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 49
Jingzhao officials mourned as kin
Ritual · Mourned · At Jingzhao 京兆
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 51

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Relation Esteemed by · Person Wang Jun (王峻)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 52

Assessments and attributes

Assessment esteemed by scholar-officials · Assessor 士大夫 · Mode named-group-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 47
Assessment had breadth of manner; cautious, steady, and generous by nature; never showed joy or anger · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 44
Assessment remained at ease in poverty others would find unbearable · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 46
Assessment thick outside but thin within; though he rises high he will not live long · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Zhao Yanyi (趙延乂)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passages 54-55
skin plump and fair; skilled at tending his health
Physical description
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 54
Item funeral condolence gifts 賻赗 · Relation Bestowed · Quantity several thousand items
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 52

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 44
though he had drawn salary for years, his household had no surplus
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 129, passage 46

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 129Volume 129 Book of Later Zhou 31: Biographies 9: Chang Si, Di Guangye, Cao Ying, Li Yanyun, Li Hui, Li Jianchong, Wang Zhongyi, Sun Hanyin, Xu Qian, Zhao Feng, Qi Cangzhen, Wang Huan, Zhang Yanchao, Zhang Ying, Liu Renshan · 4 passages

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光鄴有器度，慎密敦厚，出於天然，喜慍不形於色。 Guangye had breadth of manner, was cautious, steady, and generous by nature, and never let joy or anger show on his face.

雖食祿日久，家無餘財，任金吾日，假官屋數間以蔽風雨，親族累重，糲食才給，人不堪其憂，光鄴處之晏如也。 Though he had held office and drawn salary for years, his household had no surplus; as Golden Crow commissioner he borrowed a few government rooms against wind and rain; kin crowded about him and coarse grain barely fed them—others would have found it unbearable, but Guangye remained perfectly at ease.

樞密使王峻素重光鄴，且欲厚恤其家，為之上請，故自終及葬，所賜賻赗幾數千計。 Chief Councilor Wang Jun had always esteemed Guangye and wished to enrich his household; he memorialized on their behalf, so from death through burial the gifts of condolence money ran to several thousand items.

光鄴膚革肥皙，善於攝養，故司天監趙延乂有袁、許之術，嘗謂人曰：「翟君外厚而內薄，雖貴而無壽。」 Guangye's skin was plump and fair and he was skilled at tending his health; the Astronomical Commissioner Zhao Yanyi, versed in the arts of Yuan and Xu, once told others, "Master Di is thick outside but thin within; though he rises high he will not live long."