Liezi (列子) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liezi as a named individual. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Liezi	列子	Lièzǐ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · weishu:098:s0107

Roles

Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 魏世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 386 · End: AD 534
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:098:s0107

Family

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Child of Mother of Liezi (列子之母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Status: accused of unfilial conduct
Explicit · weishu:098:s0107

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: became known for filial piety · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · weishu:098:s0116

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 4 passages

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貝丘民列子不孝，吏欲案之。 A man of Beiqiu named Liezi was accused of unfilial conduct, and the clerks wished to prosecute him.

其子置汝左右，令其見汝事吾，或應自改。」 Keep her son at your side and let him watch how you serve me—perhaps he will reform himself."

景伯之溫凊，其子侍立堂下。 While Jingbo attended to her comfort, the son stood waiting in the hall below.

凡經二十餘日，其子叩頭流血，其母涕泣乞還，然後聽之，終以孝聞。 After more than twenty days, the son kowtowed until it bled and his mother wept and begged to take him home; only then did she consent, and he became known for filial piety.