Overview
The translated histories identify Shen Yue as an aristocrat, historian, official, and poet. This record brings together 18 passages from 10 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Shen Yue | 沈約 | Shěn Yuē |
| Title | Director of the Secretariat | 尚書令 | |
| Descriptive kinship | grandfather Yue | 祖約 | |
| Surname | Shen | 沈 | Shěn |
| Surname | Shen | 沈 | Shen |
| Personal name | Shen Yue | 沈約 | Shen Yue |
| Personal | Shen Yue | 沈約 | Shen Yue |
| Personal name | Shen Yue | 沈約 | |
| Personal name | Shen Yue | 沈約 | Shěn Yuē |
| Personal name | Yue | 約 | Yuē |
| Given | Yue | 約 | |
| Given name | Yue | 約 | |
| Given name | Yue | 約 | Yuē |
| Given | Yue | 約 | Yuē |
| Given name | Yue | 約 | Yue |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Historian
- Official
- Poet
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 宋武帝大明六年 · Western Year: AD 462Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:042:s0234, liaoshi:042:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 建武四年前後 · Western Year: AD 497Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0222, nanqishu:047:s0232
- Source Date: Text: 朱异早年入梁都 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 524Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0008, liangshu:038:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 梁臺建 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 沈約 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 508Explicit · liangshu:014:s0146
- Source Date: Text: 沈約又爲《齊紀》 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 513Explicit · nanqishu:060:s0002
- Source Date: Text: 舉年十四 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 519Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 齊末梁初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 501 · End: AD 503Explicit · liangshu:019:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 齊永明末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 490 · End: AD 493Explicit · liangshu:030:s0039
Family
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- Ancestor of Shen Zhong (沈眾)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Parent of Shen Xuan (沈旋)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Label: Special grand master / 特進 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0005
- Label: Chief Minister / 尚書令 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:036:s0015
- Office: Director of the Secretariat / 尚書令 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:038:s0008
Places and affiliations
- Label: Liang · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0005
- Place: Wuxing / 吳興Explicit · liangshu:036:s0095
Works and attributed material
- Work: Book of Song / 宋書 · Relation: authorExplicit · liaoshi:042:s0234
- Work: History of Song / 宋書 · Relation: authorExplicit · liangshu:030:s0039
- Work: Qi Chronicle / 齊紀 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:060:s0002
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Zhu Yi (朱异) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Shen Yue (沈約)Explicit · liangshu:038:s0008, liangshu:038:s0010
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · liangshu:030:s0040
Events and relationships
- Kind: scholarly · Role: author · Action: wrote the Qi ChronicleExplicit · nanqishu:060:s0002
- Relation: examiner-of · Person Id: Zhu Yi (朱异)Explicit · liangshu:038:s0008
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: I do not match him · About Person Id: Pei Ziye (裴子野) · Provenance: Mode: named-speaker · Speaker Person Id: Shen Yue (沈約)Explicit · liangshu:030:s0040
- Assessment: In two hundred years there has been no poetry like Xie Tiao's · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Shen Yue (沈約)Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0232
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liangshu:037:s0005
References in the histories
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