Ruan Tao 阮韜

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Ruan Yu (阮裕)
  great-great-grandson 玄孫 · 4 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 197
• Kin of Liu Tan (劉湛)
  maternal nephew 外甥 · maternal line · Through Mother of Ruan Tao
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 177
• Child of Mother of Ruan Tao
  maternal nephew 外甥 · maternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 177

Career and standing

• palace attendant 侍中
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 200-201
• chief aide to the Pacify-the-South General for Jiangzhou 征南江州長史
  AD 471 泰始末 · Held
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 203
• aide of southern Yanzhou 南兖州別駕
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 198
• golden-purple grand master 金紫光祿大夫
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 177
• Household Minister with the golden seal and purple ribbon 金紫光祿大夫
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 205
• preceptor to the Prince of Shixing 始興王師
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 205

Places and affiliations

• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Associated with
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 2
• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 205-206
• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 177, 198, 200, 203
• At Chenliu 陳留
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 197

Works and attributed material

• This is the court's property. 此朝廷物。
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Prince Yigong of Jiangxia (江夏王義恭)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 198

Events and relationships

• Refused advance funds
  Administrative · Refuser · With Prince Yigong of Jiangxia (江夏王義恭)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 198-199
• Refused to join pleasure tours
  Personal · Subject · With Liu Xiufan (劉休範)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 204
• Relation Tutor of · Person Prince of Shixing (始興王)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 205

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment ranked first by Liu Tan · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Liu Tan (劉湛)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 178
• Assessment won early renown · Mode narrative
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 177
• upright and unyielding by nature
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 204

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 2
• Often held concurrent and acting posts.
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 202