Liang Xin 梁昕

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Liang Zhong'er (梁重耳)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Liang Quanru (梁勸儒)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 47
• Child of Liang Quanru (梁勸儒)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 48

• Kinship Role ancestors · Quantity unspecified · moved on official business to Zizhi in Jingzhao
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 46

Origins and identity

• leading house of Guanzhong 關中著姓
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 45

Career and standing

• General Who Pacifies the South 鎮南將軍
  AD 535 大統初 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 62
• Golden-Crown Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 金紫光祿大夫
  AD 535 大統初 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 62
• area commander 帥都督
  Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 65
• Administrator of Henan commandery 河南郡守
  AD 546 十二年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 66
• General Who Sweeps Bandits 蕩寇將軍
  AD 525 孝昌初 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 51
• mobile headquarters adjutant 行臺參軍
  AD 524 正光五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 50

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 50
• Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 62
• At Wushi in Anding 安定烏氏
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 44
• At Great Walled Fort 大塢 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 66
• At Yanhan 閻韓 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 67
• At Zizhi in Jingzhao 京兆之盩厔 · Relation Ancestral residence
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 46

Events and relationships

• As a leading Three Metropolises clansman paid respects to Yuwen Tai at Yong
  AD 534 太祖迎魏孝武 · Political · Visitor · With Yuwen Tai (宇文泰) · At Yong Province 雍州
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 59
• Followed Xiao Baoyin against Moqi Chounu; two years' stalemate and dozens of battles
  AD 525 to AD 530 孝昌初 · Military · Officer · With Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶夤)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passages 52-53
• Served Xiao Baoyin's campaign when Qin and Long rose in revolt
  AD 524 正光五年 · Military · Staff officer · With Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶夤)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 50
• Took part in recovering Hongnong and fighting at Shaye, with merit on both occasions
  AD 537 復弘農，戰沙苑 · Military · Officer · At Hongnong and Shaye 弘農、沙苑
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 63
• Relation Served under · Person Erzhu Tianguang (爾朱天光)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 56-57
• Relation Served under · Person Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶夤)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 50, 52

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment from youth gentle and courteous; praised in his district · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 49
• Assessment governed with kindness; tribes pleased; refugees came in succession · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 70
• Assessment held frontier strongpoints firmly and won a reputation for reliability · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 68
• imposing, magnificent appearance
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 60

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 44