Shen Xian (沈憲) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Shen Xian as an official. This record brings together 12 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	Shen Xian	沈憲	Shěn Xiàn
Courtesy	Yanzhang	彥璋	Yànzhāng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died before assuming appointment as Cavalier Attendant-in-Ordinary
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 宋明帝時至永明後期 · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 493
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Family

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Descendant of Shen Shuodao (沈說道)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Shen Puzhi (沈璞之)
Kin of Shen Yinzhi (沈寅之)
Kinship Term: elder clansman uncle / 從伯
Child of Shen Puzhi (沈璞之)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Action: accepted summons and appointed · Appointments: Provincial Chief Clerk / 州主簿
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Action: additional title granted · Appointments: General Who Pacifies the North / 寧朔將軍
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Action: appointed but not assumed · Appointments: Advisory Counselor under the Prince of Yuzhang / 豫章王諮議
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Action: appointed but not assumed · Appointments: Cavalier Attendant-in-Ordinary / 散騎常侍
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Action: appointed under the Prince of Wuling · Appointments: Left Army Aide-de-camp / 左軍司馬
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Action: appointed · Appointments: Concurrent Magistrate of Shanyin / 帶山陰令
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Action: appointed · Appointments: Direct Attendant / 通直郎, Commissioner of Waterways / 都水使者
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Action: appointed · Appointments: Magistrate of Wucheng / 烏程令
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Action: appointed · Appointments: Regular Staff Gentleman / 正員郎, Magistrate of Wu / 吳令, Left Assistant Director in the Masters of Writing / 尚書左丞
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Action: promoted · Appointments: Chief Secretary to Huang / 晃長史, Grand Administrator of Nanliang / 南梁太守, Acting Governor / 行州事 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昇明二年 · Western Year: AD 478
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Action: restored and promoted · Appointments: Adjutant to the Champion under the Prince of Ancheng / 安成王冠軍參軍, Adjutant to the Barbarian Subduer under the Prince of Wuling / 武陵王征虜參軍, Director of the Palace Treasury / 少府卿
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Action: restored · Appointments: Chief Secretary / 長史, General Who Supports the State / 輔國將軍
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Action: retained and acted · Appointments: Chief Secretary under the Champion / 冠軍長史, Grand Administrator of Guangling / 廣陵太守, Acting Provincial and Prefectural Administrator / 行州府事
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Action: retained · Appointments: Chief Secretary to the Pacification Army / 鎮軍長史, Magistrate of Shanyin / 山陰令
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Action: successively held · Appointments: Magistrate of Linshou / 臨首令, Magistrate of Yuhang / 餘杭令, Staff Officer in the Prince of Baling's household / 巴陵王府佐, Concurrent Magistrate of Xiang / 帶襄令, Director in the Imperial Carriages Office / 駕部郎
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Action: transferred · Appointments: Chief Secretary to the Pacification Army under Wang Jian / 王儉鎮軍長史
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Action: transferred · Appointments: Chief Secretary under the Champion / 冠軍長史, Acting Governor of Southern Yuzhou / 行南豫州事, Chief Secretary to the Rear Army under the Prince of Jin'an / 晉安王後軍長史, Grand Administrator of Guangling / 廣陵太守
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Status: office · Action: left because of illness
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Action: dismissed for failing to investigate Liu Daoji
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Action: dismissed from office for an offense before assuming the Yuzhang post
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Places and affiliations

Place: Wukang in Wuxing / 吳興武康
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Learning and skills

Skill: go / 棋 · Context: played with Song Emperor Ming
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Events and relationships

Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Wang Jingze (王敬則)
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Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Ziming, Prince of Xiyang (西陽王子明)
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Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Wang Jian (王儉)
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Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Huang (晃)
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Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Ye, Prince of Wuling (武陵王曄)
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: acclaimed by contemporaries as a good official · Provenance: Mode: collective-reputation
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Assessment: achieved notable administrative results in Wucheng · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Assessment: excelled in official business and achieved results in office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Assessment: reputation for good governance became widely known · Provenance: Mode: collective-reputation
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Assessment: showed administrative capacity and foresight from youth · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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