Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Writer

Shen Yue 沈約

Shěn Yuē

Attested AD 465 - AD 493

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shen Yue was an official and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 493 文惠太子之在東宮
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 11
AD 465 to AD 471 與吳興沈約俱爲蔡興宗所禮
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 6

Places and affiliations

At Wuxing 吳興
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 6

Works and attributed material

Master Fan delights in inquiry and knows everything—Hu Guang himself could add nothing. 范公好事該博，胡廣無以加。
Speech · Speaker · With Fan Xiu (范岫) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 13

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 6

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 26Volume 26: Fan Xiu; Fu Zhao; Fu Ying; Xiao Chen; Lu Gao · 4 passages

岫早孤，事母以孝聞，與吳興沈約俱爲蔡興宗所禮。 Xiu was orphaned young but won renown for tending his mother with filial devotion; he and Shen Yue of Wuxing were alike held in esteem by Cai Xingzong.

文惠太子之在東宮，沈約之徒以文才見引，岫亦預焉。 When the Literary and Gracious Heir Apparent resided in the Eastern Palace, Shen Yue and others were recruited for their literary gifts, and Xiu was included among them.

岫文雖不逮約，而名行爲時輩所與，博涉多通，尤悉魏晉以來吉凶故事。 Xiu’s prose did not equal Yue’s, yet contemporaries respected his name and conduct; widely read and well informed, he was above all expert in ritual and omens from Wei and Jin times onward.

約常稱曰：「范公好事該博，胡廣無以加。」 Yue would often remark, “Master Fan delights in inquiry and knows everything—Hu Guang himself could add nothing.”