Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Courtier

Shen Huaiwen 沈懷文

Shěn Huáiwén

Died AD 457

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Shen Huaiwen was an official and Courtier.

Life and dates

Death

AD 457 to AD 464 宋大明中
Cause Execution · Authority Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song (宋孝武帝)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 187, 191

Attested activity

AD 457 to AD 464 世祖大明
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passages 45, 55
AD 457 to AD 464 宋大明中
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 187, 191

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Shen Xuan (沈宣)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 184-185
Parent of Shen Chong (沈沖)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 185
Parent of Shen Dan (沈淡)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 185, 206
Parent of Shen Yuan (沈淵)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 185, 206
Spouse of Mother of Shen Chong (沈沖母孔氏)
mother 母 · Marriage
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 185, 194, 210

Kinship Role sons · Count 3
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 190

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Administrator of Guangling 廣陵太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 185
Palace Attendant 侍中
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 55
fell into guilt and was bound 得罪被繫
Imprisonment · Bound
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 189

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 185, 187; Book of Song 54, passage 55

Works and attributed material

Argued against forced relocation
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passages 55-57

Assessments and attributes

AD 457 to AD 464 宋大明中
Assessment had literary fame · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 187

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 185; Book of Song 54, passage 51

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen · 4 passages

父懷文，廣陵太守。 His father Huaiwen had been grand administrator of Guangling.

宋大明中，懷文有文名，沖亦涉獵文義。 In Song's Daming reign Huaiwen won a name for letters, and Chong too dipped into literary studies.

及懷文得罪被繫，沖兄弟行謝，情哀貌苦，見者傷之。 When Huaiwen fell into guilt and was bound, Chong and his brothers went to beg mercy, grief in their voices and ruin on their faces, and all who saw them wept.

柳元景欲救懷文，言于帝曰：「沈懷文三子塗炭不可見，願陛下速正其罪。」 Liu Yuanjing tried to save Huaiwen and told the emperor, "Shen Huaiwen's three sons are in the fire—no eye can bear them; let Your Majesty settle his case at once."

Book of Song, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 14: Kong Jigong, Yang Xuanbao, Shen Tanqing · 1 passage

侍中沈懷文、王景文、黃門侍郎劉敳、郄顒議曰：「百姓雖不親農，不無資生之路，若驅以就田，則坐相違奪。 Palace Attendants Shen Huaiwen and Wang Jingwen and Gentlemen of the Yellow Gate Liu Yi and Qie Yan argued: "Though common people do not personally farm, they are not without ways to make a living; if they are driven onto the fields, their livelihoods will simply be seized from them.