Overview
The translated histories identify Liu Xiang as a historian, named individual, official, and writer. This record brings together 17 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 | Liu Xiang | 劉祥 | Liú Xiáng |
| Surname | Liu | 劉 | Liú |
| Given | Xiang | 祥 | Xiáng |
| Courtesy | Xianzheng | 顯徵 | Xiǎnzhēng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · nanqishu:036:s0108
Roles
- Historian
- Named Individual
- Official
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: illness · Place: Guangzhou / 廣州 · Age: Value: 39 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0228
Age
- Value: 39 · Reckoning: sui · At: deathExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0228
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0112
- Source Date: Text: 永明初 · Western Year: AD 483Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0118
Family
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- Descendant of Liu Shizhi (劉式之)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Descendant of Liu Muzhi (劉穆之)Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
- Kin of Liu Biao (劉彪)Kinship Term: agnatic elder cousin / 從祖兄 · Line: paternal · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Sibling of Liu Zheng (劉整)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
- Child of Liu Ao (劉敳)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
Career and standing
- Label: regular outside gentleman / 正員外 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0113
- Label: western-campaign staff officer to the Prince of Baling / 巴陵王征西行參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0111
- Label: merit officer / 冠軍征虜功曹 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0112
- Status: exile · Action: entered · Place: Guangzhou / 廣州Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0227
Places and affiliations
- Label: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0112
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0111
- Place: Ju, Dongguan / 東莞莒Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0108
Works and attributed material
- Work: Linked Pearls / 連珠 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0124
- Work: Song History / 宋書 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0118
- Kind: defense · Role: author · Quoted: trueExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0204, nanqishu:036:s0206, nanqishu:036:s0207, nanqishu:036:s0208, nanqishu:036:s0209, nanqishu:036:s0210, nanqishu:036:s0211, nanqishu:036:s0212, nanqishu:036:s0213, nanqishu:036:s0214, nanqishu:036:s0215, nanqishu:036:s0216, nanqishu:036:s0217, nanqishu:036:s0218, nanqishu:036:s0219, nanqishu:036:s0220, nanqishu:036:s0221, nanqishu:036:s0222, nanqishu:036:s0223, nanqishu:036:s0224, nanqishu:036:s0225
- Kind: linked-pearls · Role: author
Events and relationships
- Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0115, nanqishu:036:s0117
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: admired strangeness; words stood apart · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0242
References in the histories
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