Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Pei Rangzhi 裴讓之

Died AD 550

Passages
15
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Pei Rangzhi as an administrator, diplomat, official, and writer. This record brings together 15 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Pei Rangzhi 裴讓之 Pei Rangzhi
Surname Pei Pei
Personal name Pei Rangzhi 裴讓之
Given Rangzhi 讓之 Rangzhi
Courtesy Shili 士禮 Shili

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Diplomat
  • Official
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: ordered suicide · Place: at home / 於家 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0038

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Father of Pei Rangzhi
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Lady Xin (辛氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Pei Souzhi (裴諏之)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
  • Sibling of Pei Yanzhi (裴讞之)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

  • Label: acting master of guests / 攝主客郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏天平中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 537
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0014
  • Label: chief clerk to Gao Cheng as grand general / 文襄大將軍主簿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0021
  • Label: grand administrator of Qinghe / 清河太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0026
  • Label: recorder for the Prince of Taiyuan / 太原公開府記室 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0011
  • Label: regular attendant of the scattered cavalry / 散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0021
  • Label: secretariat attendant / 中書舍人 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0021
  • Label: Director of Agriculture and Master of Guests / 屯田主客郎中 · Action: served
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0010
  • Title: Baron of Ningdu county / 寧都縣男 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0025
  • Label: ordered to die at home / 賜死於家 · Action: sentenced
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0038

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: gifted in letters and sharp in debate · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0008
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: heavyset
    Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0026

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 22: Cui Xian; Gao Dezheng; Cui Ang · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 27: Pei Rangzhi; Li Guo; Zhang Yanzhi; Lu Ang; Wang Songnian; Liu Yi · 14 passages