Tao Jizhi (陶季直) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Tao Jizhi as an administrator, official, and scholar. 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	Tao Jizhi	陶季直	Tao Jizhi
Given	Jizhi	季直	Jizhi
Personal name	Tao Jizhi	陶季直	Tao Jizhi
Nickname	the Invited Gentleman	聘君	Pinjun

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:052:s0098

Roles

Administrator
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 511 · Place: at home / 於家 · Age: Value: 75 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0131

Age

Value: 75 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 511
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0131
Value: 5 · Reckoning: sui · Note: when mother died
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0105
Value: 4 · Reckoning: sui · Note: when refused silver
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0102

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 511
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0131
Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0129
Source Date: Text: 齊初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0115

Family

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Child of Tao Minzu (陶愍祖)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Tao Jingren (陶景仁)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Tao Jizhi
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Kinship Role: descendants · Count: 2 · Note: sons and grandsons lacked burial means; plural uncounted
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0132
Kinship Role: grandsons · Count: 2 · Note: multiple grandsons including Jizhi; exact count unstated
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0102

Career and standing

Label: Grand Master of the Palace / 太中大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0129
Label: Registrar to the Minister of Education / 司徒主簿 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0115
Label: Registrar to the Minister of Works / 司空主簿 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0115
Label: administrator of Jian'an / 建安太守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0125
Status: poverty · Action: died-in
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0132

Places and affiliations

Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0127, liangshu:052:s0129
Label: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0115
Place: Moling in Danyang / 丹陽秣陵
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0098

Works and attributed material

Kind: petition · Role: author · Other Person Id: Wang Jian (王儉) · Mode: quotation
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0116

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: refuser · Action: declined to join Liu Bing and Yuan Can plot
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0112, liangshu:052:s0113, liangshu:052:s0114
Relation: associate-of · Person Id: Chu Yuan (褚淵)
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0115

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: pure and bitter beyond compare · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0132
Assessment: withdrew by citing age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0153