Tang Jin 唐瑾

Other names

Family

• Child of Yong (永)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 256
• Sibling of Ling (陵)
  two sons 二子 · Full siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 32, passages 259-260

Career and standing

• grand general of the agile cavalry 驃騎大將軍
  Advanced
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 267
• opening-office equal in three departments 開府儀同三司
  Advanced
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 267
• chief clerk of the commander-in-chief's office 元帥府長史
  AD 554 于謹南伐江陵 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 281
• lower grandee of the Ministry of Rites 禮部中大夫
  AD 556 六官建 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 294
• lower grandee of the Censor of Speech 納言中大夫
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 299
• lower grandee of the Imperial Rectifier 御正中大夫
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 299

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 32, passage 294
• Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 266
• Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 32, passages 264, 266
• At Cai Prefecture 蔡州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 294
• At Jing Province 荊州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 298
• At Tuo Prefecture 拓州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 297

Learning and skills

• Subjects classics and histories 經史
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 257
• Skill literary composition 屬文 · Level devoted
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 257

Works and attributed material

• Accusation · Accused · Direct quotation · Mode allegation
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 288

Events and relationships

• Broke
  AD 537 破沙苑 · Military · Participant · At Shayuan 沙苑
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 264
• Devised plans
  AD 554 南伐江陵 · Military · Strategist · At Jiangling 江陵
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 282
• Fought
  AD 538 戰河橋 · Military · Participant · At He Bridge 河橋
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 264
• Handled military correspondence
  Administrative · Drafter
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 263
• Proposed release of captives
  Legal · Advocate · At Jiangling 江陵
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 283-284
• Shaped court statutes
  Political · Drafter
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 266

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment contemporaries praised his releasing capable captives · Mode named-source-report Source Work contemporary opinion 時論
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 285
• Assessment does not let profit bend principle · Mode quotation Speaker Yuwen Tai (周文)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 290-292
• Assessment especially trusted and valued among the six ministers · Mode historian-judgment Witness Person Id Yuwen Tai (周文)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 280
• Assessment fine discernment in human relations when judging men · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 277
• Assessment governed with virtuous influence; officials and people praised him · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 297
• Assessment mild and respectful, with breadth of mind · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 257

Source notes

• Field granted-surname · Readings 萬, 万
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 271-272
• Field prefecture-name · Readings 柘, 拓
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 296-297
• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 255
• passed through four posts in fewer than ten weeks; gentry counted it an honor
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 300
• From Tang 唐 · To Yuwen 宇文 · Authority Yuwen Tai (周文)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passage 267
• To Niuyu clan surname 万紐于氏 · Authority Yuwen Tai (周文)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 32, passages 270-272