Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member

Mother of Ruan Changzhi 阮長之母

Died AD 434

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Ruan Changzhi was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 434 十一年
At Linhai 臨海
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passages 184-185

Attested activity

AD 434 十一年
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passages 184-185

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Ruan Changzhi (阮長之)
mother 母 · maternal line
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 178

Assessments and attributes

elderly while Changzhi requested Xiangyuan and later declined Linchuan
Age
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passages 178, 182-183

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 52: Liang Li · 4 passages

母老，求補襄垣令，督郵無禮，鞭之，去職。 His mother was elderly, so he requested appointment as magistrate of Xiangyuan. When a postal inspector was rude to him, he had the man flogged and resigned.

入為太子中舍人，中書侍郎，以母老，固辭朝直，補彭城王義康平北諮議參軍。 He served as attendant in the heir apparent's household and secretariat gentleman. Citing his mother's age, he declined court duty and was appointed consulting adjutant pacifying the north under Prince Yikang of Pengcheng.

元嘉九年，遷臨川內史，以南土卑濕，母年老，非所宜，辭不就。 In the ninth year of Yuanjia he was offered the post of interior secretary of Linchuan. He declined, saying the damp south was unsuitable for his elderly mother.

至郡少時而母亡，葬畢，不勝憂，十四年，卒，時年五十九。 Soon after he reached the commandery his mother died. When the funeral was over he could not bear his grief. In the fourteenth year he died at the age of fifty-nine.