Overview
The translated histories identify Hu Sizheng as a general, musician, official, and scholar. This record brings together 20 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Zhou
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Hu Sizheng | 斛斯徵 | Hu Sizheng |
| Surname | Hu | 斛斯 | Husi |
| Personal name | Hu Sizheng | 斛斯徵 | Hu Sizheng |
| Title | Master | 夫子 | Fuzi |
| Courtesy name | Shiliang | 士亮 | Shiliang |
| Given | Zheng | 徵 | Zheng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0139, zhoushu:026:s0140
Roles
- General
- Musician
- Official
- Scholar
- Teacher
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇初 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0177
Age
- Age: 5 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0141
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 開皇初 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0177
- Source Date: Text: 高祖; 宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 579Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:026:s0152, zhoushu:026:s0155
- Source Date: Text: 魏孝武西遷 · Western Year: AD 534Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0145
Family
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- Child of Hu Chun (椿)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father - Parent of Hu Yan (諺)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Label: Grand General of Fast Cavalry and Opening Office / 驃騎大將軍、開府 · Action: advancedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0151
- Label: Upper Grand General / 上大將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣帝嗣位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 578 · End: AD 579Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0155
- Label: Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince / 太子太傅 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隋文踐極 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0176
- Label: Grand Director of Ceremonies / 大宗伯 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0155
- Label: Grand Master Director of Music / 司樂中大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0151
- Label: Minister of Ceremonies / 太常卿 · Action: appointedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0144
- Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0172
- Status: amnesty · Action: pardonedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0175
Places and affiliations
- Label: Northern Zhou / Sui / 周隋 · Relation: servedExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0155, zhoushu:026:s0176
- Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0139
Learning and skills
- Subjects: Classic of Filial Piety / 孝經, Book of Changes / 周易 · Age: 5Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0141
- Skill: Three Ritual Classics / 三禮 · Level: masteredExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0142
- Skill: pitch and rhythm / 音律 · Level: understoodExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0142
Works and attributed material
- Work: Music Canon / 樂典 · Relation: author · Extent: ten scrolls / 十卷Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0176, zhoushu:026:s0179
- Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0149
- Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0171
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0163, zhoushu:026:s0164
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: mourner · Action: ate only one yi of rice morning and evening while mourning father · Other Person Id: Hu Chun (椿)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0143
- Kind: scholarly · Role: identifier · Action: identified chunyu using Gan Bao commentary · Other Person Id: Gan Bao (干宝)
- Kind: scholarly · Role: debater · Action: rebutted Zheng Yi's new music and opposed music after burial · Other Person Id: Zheng Yi (鄭譯)
- Kind: legal · Role: prisoner · Action: rescued from prison by Zhang Yuan · Other Person Id: Zhang Yuan (張元)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0173
- Kind: scholarly · Role: restorer · Action: restored court music after westward migrationExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0145
- Kind: ritual · Role: remonstrator · Action: urged seven-month burial rite for Gaozu · Other Person Id: Yuwen Xiaobo (宇文孝伯)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0156, zhoushu:026:s0157
- Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Zheng Yi (鄭譯)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0168, zhoushu:026:s0172
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Emperor Xuan (宣帝)Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0152, zhoushu:026:s0153
References in the histories
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