Overview
The translated histories identify Shen Zhong as an official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 16 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 Zhong | 沈眾 | Shěn Zhòng |
| Surname | Shen | 沈 | Shěn |
| Personal name | Shen Zhong | 沈眾 | Shěn Zhòng |
| Given name | Zhong | 眾 | Zhòng |
| Courtesy name | Zhongshi | 仲師 | Zhòngshī |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:018:s0004
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · chenshu:018:s0029
Age
- Age: 56 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · chenshu:018:s0029
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0014, chenshu:018:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 永定二年 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 紹泰元年 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 賜死時年五十六 · Western Interval: Start: AD 558 · End: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0029
Family
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- Descendant of Shen Yue (沈約)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Child of Shen Xuan (沈旋)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Label: Adviser to the Prince of Luling / 驃騎廬陵王諮議參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0013
- Label: Censor-in-chief / 御史中丞 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0020
- Label: Director of the Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0022
- Label: Grand arbiter of his native province / 本州大中正 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0018
- Label: Household retainer in the heir's palace / 太子中舍人 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0012
- Label: Household retainer to the heir apparent / 太子中庶子 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0018
- Label: Household retainer to the heir apparent / 太子舍人 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0007
- Label: Left chief clerk to the minister of education / 司徒左長史 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0019
- Label: Master of the left for the people / 左民尚書 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0021
- Label: Palace attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0021
- Label: Recorder to the Prince of Xiangdong / 鎮南湘東王記室參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0011
- Label: Recorder to Xiao Daxin / 限內記室參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0010
- Label: Registrar to the Prince of Nanping / 鎮衛南平王法曹參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0007
- Label: Minister of works for construction / 起部尚書 · Action: concurrentExplicit · chenshu:018:s0026
- Label: Regular attendant / 散騎常侍 · Action: concurrentExplicit · chenshu:018:s0012
- Label: Right commandant of the heir's guard / 太子右衛率 · Action: remotely-appointedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0016
- Explicit · chenshu:018:s0029
Places and affiliations
- Label: Chen · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0022, chenshu:018:s0026
- Label: Liang · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0007, chenshu:018:s0008
- Place: Wukang in Wuxing / 吳興武康Explicit · chenshu:018:s0004
- Place: Jingzhou / 荊州 · Relation: traveled-toExplicit · chenshu:018:s0018
Learning and skills
- Skill: literary composition / 文詞 · Level: accomplishedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0007
Works and attributed material
- Work: Thousand-Character Poem / 千字詩 · Relation: commentatorExplicit · chenshu:018:s0008
- Kind: rhapsody · Role: author · Title: Rhapsody on Bamboo / 竹賦Explicit · chenshu:018:s0009
Events and relationships
- Kind: captivity · Role: captive · Action: captured-by · Place: Western Wei / 西魏Explicit · chenshu:018:s0020
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: embassy-to · Place: Wei / 魏Explicit · chenshu:018:s0013
- Kind: escape · Role: subject · Action: escapedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0020
- Kind: construction · Role: supervisor · Action: oversaw · Place: Hall of Supreme Ultimate / 太極殿Explicit · chenshu:018:s0026
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: raised-troops-against · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景) · Place: Wuxing / 吳興Explicit · chenshu:018:s0014, chenshu:018:s0015
- Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: slandered-courtExplicit · chenshu:018:s0028
- Explicit · chenshu:018:s0017
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: mocked by court gentlemen for frugal dress and solitary meals · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:018:s0027
- Kind: character · Statement: miserly; amassed huge wealth but lived frugallyExplicit · chenshu:018:s0024, chenshu:018:s0025
References in the histories
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