Overview
The translated histories identify Mao Xi as a calligrapher, diplomat, general, and official. This record brings together 37 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 | Mao Xi | 毛喜 | Mao Xi |
| Courtesy name | Bowu | 伯武 | Bowu |
| Surname | Mao | 毛 | Mao |
| Personal name | Mao Xi | 毛喜 | Mao Xi |
| Title | Marquis of Dongchang County | 東昌縣侯 | Dongchang xian hou |
| Given name | Xi | 喜 | Xi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · chenshu:029:s0079
Roles
- Calligrapher
- Diplomat
- General
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 禎明元年 · Western Year: AD 587 · Age: Value: 72 · Reckoning: sui · Cause: illness on the roadExplicit · chenshu:029:s0151
Age
- Value: 72 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · chenshu:029:s0151
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天嘉三年 · Western Year: AD 562Explicit · chenshu:029:s0092
- Source Date: Text: 太建三年 · Western Year: AD 571Explicit · chenshu:029:s0113
- Source Date: Text: 禎明元年 · Western Year: AD 587Explicit · chenshu:029:s0149
- Source Date: Text: 至德元年 · Western Year: AD 583Explicit · chenshu:029:s0132
Family
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- Descendant of Mao Cheng (毛稱)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Child of Mao Qizhong (毛栖忠)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Lady Yu (庾氏)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Parent of Mao Chuchong (毛處沖)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Kinship Role: Poyang brothers as proposed avengers · Count: 2 · Note: 鄱陽兄弟 unnamed pluralExplicit · chenshu:029:s0139
Career and standing
- Label: censor-in-chief / 御史中丞 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0117
- Label: minister of personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0129
- Title: Marquis of Dongchang County / 東昌縣侯 · Households: 500 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0111
- Title: Marquis of Dongchang / 東昌縣侯 · Households: 900 · Action: increasedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0131
- Status: mourning leave · Action: enteredExplicit · chenshu:029:s0113
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0108
- Place: Yangwu in Xingyang / 滎陽陽武Explicit · chenshu:029:s0079
- Place: west of the passes / Guan You / 關右 · Relation: relocated-toExplicit · chenshu:029:s0086
Learning and skills
- Skill: cursive and clerical script / 草隸 · Level: skilledExplicit · chenshu:029:s0082
Works and attributed material
- Work: collected works in ten scrolls / 集十卷 · Relation: authorExplicit · chenshu:029:s0152
- Work: military regulations in thirteen articles / 軍制凡十三條 · Relation: authorExplicit · chenshu:029:s0109
Events and relationships
- Explicit · chenshu:029:s0089, chenshu:029:s0091
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: prepared-defense · Place: Yongjia / 永嘉Explicit · chenshu:029:s0146
- Explicit · chenshu:029:s0096, chenshu:029:s0102
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Chen Baxian (陳霸先)Uncertain · chenshu:029:s0084
- Relation: advisor-of · Person Id: Chen Xu (陳頊)Explicit · chenshu:029:s0084, chenshu:029:s0133
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: deeply understood affairs and aided the ruler · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:029:s0189
References in the histories
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