Overview
The translated histories identify Liu Tanjing as an administrator, named individual, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Liang
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Liu Tanjing | 劉曇淨 | Liu Tanjing |
| Surname | Liu | 劉 | Liu |
| Personal name | Liu Tanjing | 劉曇淨 | Liu Tanjing |
| Personal name | Liu Tanjing | 劉曇淨 | |
| Given | Tanjing | 曇淨 | Tanjing |
| Courtesy name | Yuanguang | 元光 | Yuanguang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:047:s0159
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:047:s0277
Roles
- Administrator
- Named Individual
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · liangshu:047:s0174
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 若劉曇淨、何炯、江紑、謝藺者 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:047:s0277
- Source Date: Text: 高祖時 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:047:s0168
Family
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- Descendant of Liu Yuanzhen (劉元真)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Sibling of Elder brother of Liu Tanjing (劉曇淨兄)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
- Child of Liu Huijing (劉慧鏡)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Child of Mother of Liu Tanjing (劉曇淨母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Kin of Liu Huifei (劉慧斐)Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔父 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
Career and standing
- Label: Haining magistrate / 海寧令 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:047:s0168
- Label: left palace attendant of the Kingdom of Ancheng / 安成王國左常侍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:047:s0164
- Label: staff officer on the Pacifying West staff / 安西行參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:047:s0169
Places and affiliations
- Place: Lyu in Pengcheng / 彭城呂Explicit · liangshu:047:s0160
Events and relationships
- Kind: personal · Role: caregiver · Action: cooked gruel for mother; never loosened belt in her illnessExplicit · liangshu:047:s0170, liangshu:047:s0171
- Kind: ritual · Role: mourner · Action: fasted nearly ten days; wore thin cloth in cold; hutted at provisional grave; died before year ended
- Kind: ritual · Role: mourner · Action: rushed to funeral; fasted days; fainted; wept blood; sickened after mourning
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: yielded magistracy to elder brother · Other Person Id: Elder brother of Liu Tanjing (劉曇淨兄)Explicit · liangshu:047:s0169
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: devoted ways matched his father's; filial unto death · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:047:s0163, liangshu:047:s0174
- Assessment: of the same self-destructive filial intent as Qiu and Wu · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:047:s0277
References in the histories
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