Overview
Mai was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 792 to AD 794 時Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passage 227
- AD 792 to AD 794 邁Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passages 222-227
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Kin of Uncle of MaiDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 223
- Child of Father of Maifather 父 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 150, passage 223
- Kin of Yin (禋)younger paternal cousin 從父弟 · paternal lineDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 226
- Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated trueDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 224
- brothers' sons 兄弟之子Kinship Role brothers-sons · Said to be able to continue the ancestral line · Quantity plural-unspecifiedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 224
- gathered junior kinsmen 群子姓Kinship Role junior-kinsmen · Quantity plural-unspecifiedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 223
Career and standing
- remarried 再娶Remarried · EnteredDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 224
Works and attributed material
- memorial requesting leave to weep for Yin 奏請往哭之Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 226
- A brother's son is like one's own son and can continue the line. 兄弟之子,猶子也,可以主後。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 224
Events and relationships
- Memorialized to weep and mourned fullyDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 226
- mourning for close and distant kin 功、緦喪Ritual · Mourner · Observed mourning with proper dress and extra feelingDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 222
- Refused deputized mourning fashion of chancellorsAD 792 to AD 794 時 · Ritual · MournerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 227
- relieved needy kin and old friends 賑姻舊之乏Charity · Benefactor · Relieved needy kin and old friendsDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 225
- Treated junior kin without rank distinction during uncle visitDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 223
Assessments and attributes
- humanity and candor 仁而亮Assessment humane and candid · Mode named-source-report Source Work critics 議者Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 227
Source notes
- Refused advice to keep concubines for heirs, saying brothers' sons could continue the lineDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 224
References in the histories
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