Murong Zhong 慕容鐘

Other names

Family

• Spouse of Wife of Murong Zhong (慕容鐘妻)
  wife 妻子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54
• Kin of Murong De (慕容德)
  younger cousin 從弟 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 252

• Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54

Career and standing

• chief delegated minister and founding assistant 佐命
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 255
• Governor of Shiping 始平太守
  AD 405 to AD 407 奔于姚興後 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
• Area commander of all armies and recorder of the Secretariat 都督中外諸軍、錄尚書事
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 29
• Shepherd of Qingzhou 青州牧
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 30
• Marquis Who Returns to Righteousness 歸義侯
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
• founding statesman of the first rank 佐命元勳
  Founding merit · Held
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 255

Places and affiliations

• Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation Fled to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54
• Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
• Polity Southern Yan 南燕 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 128, passages 252, 255

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · With Duan Hong (段宏) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 38

Events and relationships

• Feigned illness
  Political · Actor
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 46
• Fled to
  Flight · Fugitive · With Yao Xing (姚興)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
• Killed wife and children
  Violence · Perpetrator
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54
• Marked for execution
  Political · Target · With Murong Chao (慕容超) · Counterpart Person Ids Gongsun Wulou (公孫五樓)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 256
• Plotted rebellion
  Rebellion · Conspirator
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 45
• Rebelled
  Rebellion · Leader
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 256

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment discontent—yellow dog hide patching fox fur · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Murong Zhong (慕容鐘)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 38
• Assessment imperturbable, brilliant, and eloquent from youth · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 253
• Assessment paired wisdom and courage; plans mostly succeeded when employed by Murong De · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 254
• joy and anger did not show on his face
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 253