Pei Bomo 裴伯茂

Other names

Family

• Child of Pei Zhonggui (裴仲規)
  adopted as heir 出後 · Adoptive parentage
  paternal uncle / adoptive father 伯 · Adoptive parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 92
• Parent of Pei Xiaocai (裴孝才)
  heir by succession 繼 · Adoptive parentage
  adopted heir 繼 · Adoptive parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 106
• Sibling of Pei Jingrong (裴景融)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
  elder brother 兄
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 92, 106
• Child of Pei Shuyi (裴叔義)
  son 子
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 72
• Spouse of Wife of Pei Bomao
  wife 婦
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 97-98

• Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 106

Career and standing

• Central Army Great General 中軍大將軍
  Additionally granted
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 81
• Vice Director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎
  AD 532 太昌初 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 80
• Literary Aide 文學
  AD 532 to AD 534 永熙中 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 81
• Adjutant in the Armor Bureau 鎧曹參軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 75
• Court Attendant 奉朝請
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 74
• Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry 散騎常侍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 79

Places and affiliations

• AD 534 天平初
  Polity Eastern Wei 東魏 · Relation Served
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 87-88
• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 74, 80-81
• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passages 104, 116, 241, 243, 245
• At Hedong 河東
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 12; Book of Wei 91, passage 72
• AD 534 天平初
  At Ye 鄴 · Relation Moved with capital
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 87
• At family estate/garden 家園 · Relation Buried at
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 99

Learning and skills

• Belief Zhuangzi / Equalization of Things 莊生齊物 · Relation Adherent of · Mode self-report Speaker Pei Bomo (裴伯茂)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 85

Works and attributed material

• Rhapsody on Moving the Capital 遷都賦
  AD 534 天平初 · Relation Author
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 87
• History of Jin 晉書
  Relation Author · Negated false · Statement undertook but never completed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 105
• Rhapsody on Open Feeling 豁情賦
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 82, 86
• Comprehensive Records, volume 176, biography of Pei Bomao 通志卷一七六裴伯茂傳
  Relation Biographical subject
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 241
• Rhapsody on Open Feeling 豁情賦
  Preface · Author · Direct quotation · Mode self-report Speaker Pei Bomo (裴伯茂)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 82-86
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 96

Events and relationships

• Campaign against Chen Shuangchi
  Military · Director of mobile office · With Chen Shuangchi (陳雙熾)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 76
• Campaigned
  Military · Participant · With Chen Shuangchi (陳雙熾) · At Jiang-Shu 絳蜀 · Detail Biography wording 南討 vs 及 is contested; Jiang lies northwest of Luoyang so southern campaign is doubtful. 南討絳蜀陳雙熾
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 241-242
• Fled west with wife believing arrest imminent
  Personal · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 96-98
• Friends offered wine and libations at tomb
  Ritual · Honoree
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 99-100
• Insulted Jingzhe at inner banquet
  AD 535 天平二年 · Court · Offender · With Jingzhe, Prince of Zhangwu (章武王景哲)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 88
• Left in charge of mobile office when Chengye returned
  Administrative · Acting head
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 77

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment despised for failing to aid impoverished elder brother Jingrong · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 93
• Assessment friends and acquaintances mourned his death · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 94
• Assessment haughty and overbearing · Mode named-source-report Statement contemporaries
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 103
• Fond of wine; rather careless and arrogant; long without promotion
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 82
• drank heavily in later years, harming his health and committing many lapses
  Habit
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 95
• From youth showed presence and promise; ranged widely through many books; rich literary ornament
  Youth
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 73

Source notes

• Various editions and Northern History read 員; Comprehensive Records reads 省. Because earlier text has 被徵赴省, commentator emends to 還省.
  Field office-phrasing · Mode commentator-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 245-246
• Comprehensive Records Wen Zisheng biography has 奉 before 朝請; commentator suspects 奉朝請 may be correct or 朝請 may be abbreviated; no emendation made.
  Field office-title · Mode commentator-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 243-244
• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 1