Ruan Changzhi 阮長之

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Ruan Sixiao (阮思曠)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Ruan Pu (阮普)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 172
• Child of Ruan Pu (阮普)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passages 173-174
• Child of Mother of Ruan Changzhi (阮長之母)
  mother 母 · maternal line
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 178
• Parent of Ruan Shimmen (阮師門)
  son 子 · paternal line
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 196

Career and standing

• administrator of Linhai 臨海太守
  AD 434 十一年 · Appointed · At Linhai 臨海
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 184
• acting regular adjutant in the cavalry army of Prince Yizhen of Luling 廬陵王義真車騎行正參軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 179
• adjutant in various offices 諸府參軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 177
• administrator of Dongguan 東莞太守
  Appointed · At Dongguan 東莞
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 179
• administrator of Wuchang 武昌太守
  Appointed · At Wuchang 武昌
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 180
• attendant gentleman at the secretariat outside the palace 員外散騎侍郎
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 177

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 177
• At Weishi in Chenliu 陳留尉氏
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 171
• At Wuchang 武昌 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passages 180, 189

Learning and skills

• studied devotedly in retirement and never showed a lazy bearing
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 176

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 193

Events and relationships

• Buried mother and could not bear grief
  Personal · Son
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 185
• Continued vegetable diet after mourning
  Personal · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 175
• Declined court duty citing mother's age
  Career · Official
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 182
• Flogged postal inspector and resigned
  Legal · Magistrate
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 178
• Lost father
  Personal · Mourner · With Ruan Pu (阮普)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 174
• Self reported wearing shoes out the gate
  Legal · Official
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passages 191-193

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment every office marked by exemplary governance; later generations remember him; in the Song dynasty his name was always mentioned when good governance was discussed · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passages 194-195
• Assessment filial nature; grief moved those beside him · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 174
• Item parting gifts 器物 · Relation Returned
  Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 190