Overview
The translated histories identify Liu Xizong as a calligrapher, courtier, official, and painter. This record brings together 15 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 Xizong | 劉係宗 | Liu Xizong |
| Surname | Liu | 劉 | Liu |
| Personal name | Liu Xizong | 劉係宗 | Liu Xizong |
| Given name | Xizong | 係宗 | Xizong |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · nanqishu:056:s0087
Roles
- Calligrapher
- Courtier
- Official
- Painter
Life and dates
Death
- Age: 77 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建武二年 · Western Year: AD 495Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0119
Age
- Age: 77 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · nanqishu:056:s0119
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元徽初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 473 · End: AD 473Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0092
- Source Date: Text: 建武二年 · Western Year: AD 495Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0119
- Source Date: Text: 永明元年 · Western Year: AD 483Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0102
- Source Date: Text: 永明四年 · Western Year: AD 486Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0105
Family
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- Child of Mother of Liu Xizong (劉係宗母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Label: calligrapher to Jing Cui / 侍書Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0088
- Label: court gentleman for attendance; secretariat communications attendant; supplementary gentleman / 奉朝請，兼中書通事舍人，員外郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元徽初 · Western Year: AD 473Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0092
- Label: General of the Dragon Cavalry and magistrate of Jiankang / 龍驤將軍、建康令 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:056:s0101
- Label: chief clerk / 主書 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 泰始中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 471Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0090
- Title: Marquis of Nanting in Shixing / 始興南亭侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 370Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0093
- Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0089
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedExplicit · nanqishu:056:s0087
- Place: Danyang / 丹陽Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0087
Learning and skills
- Skill: writing and painting / 書畫 · Level: skilledExplicit · nanqishu:056:s0088
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: comfort-commissioner · Action: pacified-districts · Other Person Id: Tang Yuzhi (唐㝢之) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永明四年 · Western Year: AD 486
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: one Liu Xizong worth five hundred scholars for governing · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Ming of Qi (齊明帝)Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0116, nanqishu:056:s0117
Source notes
- Statement: Associated with Southern Qi (南齊); polity id not supplied in packet. · Label: Southern Qi / 南齊Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0101
References in the histories
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