Qin Zu (秦族) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Qin Zu as a farmer and named individual. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Qin Zu	秦族	Qin Zu
Surname	Qin	秦	Qin
Personal name	Qin Zu	秦族	Qin Zu
Given	Zu	族	Zu
Given name	Zu	族	Zu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0178
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:046:s0255

Roles

Farmer
Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大統中以后 · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 560
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0178, zhoushu:046:s0182
Source Date: Text: 有周 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 581
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:046:s0252, zhoushu:046:s0255

Family

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Descendant of Qin Bai (秦白)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Qin Guan (秦雚)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
Child of Mother of Qin Zu (秦族之母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Line: maternal
Sibling of Qin Rongxian (秦榮先)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Label: farmer / 隴畝之徒
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0255

Places and affiliations

Place: fields and furrows / 隴畝 · Relation: born-at
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0255
Place: Luochuan in Shang / 上郡洛川 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0178

Learning and skills

Label: no formal teacher instruction / 曾無師資之訓 · Negated: true
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0255

Works and attributed material

Kind: historian-appraisal · Role: subject · Quoted: false
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0255, zhoushu:046:s0256

Events and relationships

Kind: filial-conduct · Role: exemplar · Action: achieved-filial-piety-and-brotherhood-from-the-heart
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0255

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: utmost filial piety · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0182
Assessment: without teachers, followed the heart to filial piety and brotherhood and walked the path of rites · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0255

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Filial Piety · 4 passages

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李棠柳檜杜叔毗荊可秦族皇甫遐張元 Li Tang, Liu Gui, Du Shubi, Jing Ke, Qin Zu, Huangfu Xia, and Zhang Yuan

秦族，上郡洛川人也。 Qin Zu was a native of Luochuan in Shang commandery.

族性至孝，事親竭力，為鄉里所稱。 Zu by nature was utmost in filial piety; in serving his parents he exhausted his strength and was praised by lanes and alleys.

荊可、秦族之徒，生自隴畝，曾無師資之訓，因心而成孝友，乘理而蹈禮節。 Jing Ke, Qin Zu, and their kind were born from fields and furrows without formal instruction; following the heart they achieved filial piety and brotherhood, riding principle they walked the path of rites.