Qiu Guanxian 丘冠先

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Jie (傑)
  sixth-generation descendant 六世孫 · paternal line · 6 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 71
• Parent of Xiong (雄)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 74

Career and standing

• General Who Quells Martial 振武將軍
  AD 490 八年 · Held
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 69
• Attendant Within 給事中
  AD 485 永明三年 · Held
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 65

Places and affiliations

• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 65
• At Wuxing 吳興
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 71
• AD 490 八年
  At Henan 河南 · Relation Died at
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 70
• AD 485 永明三年
  At Henan route 河南道 · Relation Traveled
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 65

Events and relationships

• Killed by being pushed into ravine
  Legal · Victim · With Xiulumao (休留茂)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 70
• Refused to bow first
  Ritual · Refuser · With Xiulumao (休留茂)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 70
• Returned
  AD 488 六年 · Travel · Envoy
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 66
• Sent on Henan route and to escort Rouran envoy
  AD 485 永明三年 · Diplomatic · Envoy
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 65
• Sent to invest Xiulumao and offer condolences
  AD 490 八年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Xiulumao (休留茂)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 69
• Relation Envoy of · Person Emperor Wu (世祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passages 65, 72

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment kept faith unto death and did not dishonor the imperial command · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Wu (世祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 74
• Assessment more than fit for the mission · Mode speech Speaker Wang Jian (王儉)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 72
• Item jade slab three chi two cun long and one chi one cun thick 玉長三尺二寸，厚一尺一寸 · Relation Obtained
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 67

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 65
• corpse lay in a distant land and could not be recovered
  Field body · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Wu (世祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 59, passage 74