Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat

Qin 欽

Died AD 569

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Qin as an aristocrat, family member, general, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Chen

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Qin 欽 Qin
Posthumous name Cheng 成
Title Marquis of Jiancheng 建城侯
Personal name Qin 欽 Qin
Personal name Qin 欽 Qīn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 569 · Age: Value: 67
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0072

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 太建元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 569
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:007:s0072
  • Source Date: Text: 后兄欽襲爵建城侯 · Western Interval: Start: AD 559 · End: AD 566
    Strongly inferred · chenshu:007:s0186
  • Source Date: Text: 隨世祖征伐 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 566
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0067

Family

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  • Sibling of Empress Wen (后)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-sister · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Sibling of Shen Miaorong (沈妙容)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
  • Child of Fashen (法深)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Guan (觀)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Label: right vice director of the masters of writing / 尚書右僕射 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 567 · End: AD 568
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0069
  • Label: inspector of Anzhou / 安州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0067
  • Label: steadfast-prestige general / 貞威將軍 · Action: held
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0067
  • Title: Marquis of Jiancheng / 建城侯 · Place: Jiancheng / 建城 · Action: inherited
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0186
  • Title: Marquis of Jiancheng / 建城侯 · Action: inherited
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0068
  • Title: Marquis of Jiancheng / 建城侯 · Action: inherited
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0186

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: succession · Role: heir · Action: inherited-marquisate · Place: Jiancheng / 建城
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0186

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: had no talent and cared only for his own ease · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0070

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 5 passages
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世祖即位，襲爵建城侯，加通直散騎常侍、持節、會稽等九郡諸軍事、明威將軍、會稽太守，入為侍中、左纫將軍、纫尉卿。 When Emperor Wen succeeded, Qin inherited the marquisate of Jiancheng, was made supernumerary regular attendant for direct communication with credentials, area commander of nine commanderies including Kuaiji, bright-prestige general, and Kuaiji administrator, then entered court as palace attendant, left guard general, and guard commandant.