Wen Zisheng (溫子升)

Overview

Wen Zisheng was a Writer and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Zisheng	子昇
Courtesy name	Pengju	鵬舉	Péngjǔ

Life and dates

Death

AD 547 餓諸晉陽獄，食弊襦而死
Starvation in prison · At Jinyang prison 晉陽獄 · Detail died eating tattered clothes; corpse cast by roadside; household confiscated · Authority Prince Wenxiang of Qi (齊文襄王)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 204
AD 520 to AD 550 子升死後
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 87
starved in prison 餓之而死
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 47, passage 85

Age

22
AD 516 熙平初 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 148, 151

Attested activity

AD 532 to AD 550 三才
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 110, passage 89
AD 529 五月
Dated from the passage context · zizhitongjian:153:s0075a
AD 529 元顥入洛
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 177, 183-184
AD 530 及帝殺尒朱榮也
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 187, 190
AD 526 及淵為葛榮所害
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 163-165
AD 515 to AD 547 子昇文筆傳江外；齊文襄王引為諮議；餓死晉陽獄
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 192, 198, 204

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AD 528 建義初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 167-168
AD 524 to AD 525 正光末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 159
AD 532 to AD 534 永熙中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
AD 534 永熙末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 117
AD 520 to AD 550 溫子升
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 86
AD 515 to AD 526 為廣陽王淵賤客…淵由是稍知之
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 143-144, 147
AD 516 熙平初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passages 148, 151
AD 515 to AD 528 肅宗歷位，文雅大盛
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passages 1, 13
AD 500 to AD 547 通志卷一七六溫子昇傳
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 243

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Wen Gongzhi (溫恭之)
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 138
Descendant of Wen Jiao (溫嶠)
descendant 之後
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 136
Child of Wen Hui (溫暉)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 140

Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 209

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

claimed descendant of Jin general Wen Jiao
Person Wen Jiao (溫嶠)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 136

Career and standing

low-ranking retainer teaching stable boys to write 賤客…教諸奴子書
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 143
Southern Master of Guests Gentleman 南主客郎中
AD 528 建義初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 167
Gentleman 郎中
AD 524 to AD 525 正光末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 159
Censor 御史
AD 516 遂補御史，時年二十二 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 151
Acting Army Aide of Record 兼錄事參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 154
Adviser of the Grand General's Headquarters 大將軍府諮議參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 198

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Drafting Officer of the Secretariat 中書舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 183
Gentleman of the Circuit Headquarters 行臺郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 176
Regular Gentleman 正員郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 186
General Who Subdues Waves 伏波將軍
Granted additional
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 176
senior clan scorer of his native province 本州大中正
Headed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
Reader-in-Waiting concurrent Drafting Officer 侍讀兼舍人
AD 532 to AD 534 永熙中 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
Court Attendant (with 奉 in Tongzhi) 奉朝請
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 243
General Who Guards the South 鎮南將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with Golden Seal and Purple Tassel 金紫光祿大夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
mobile-staff gentleman 行台郎中
Held
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0075a
Secretariat Gentleman 中書郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 199
shared management of edicts 參掌文詔
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 117
Great General of the Central Army 中軍大將軍
Promoted to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
Regular Attendant of the Rapid Steeds 散騎常侍
Promoted to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
Drafting Officer 舍人
Reappointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 184
Court Gentleman 朝請
Returned as
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 153
Abandoned official ambition
Withdrawal from office seeking
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 166
Entered
Captivity
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 163
Inherited
Humble family background
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 139
Left office
Mourning
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 153
Suffered
Household confiscation
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 204

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Wei 東魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 198
Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 117, 143, 148, 191
Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 243
Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0075a
At Jiyin 濟陰
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 86; zizhitongjian:153:s0075a
At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Claimed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 136

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At capital 京 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 165
At his native province 本州 · Relation Native to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 191
At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 154
At Jinyang 晉陽 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 204
At Jizhou 冀州 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 164
At Luoyang 洛 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 183
At south of the Yangtze 江左 · Relation Ancestral residence
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 137
At Yuanqu, Jiyin 濟陰冤句 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 138

Learning and skills

studied under Cui Lin'en and Liu Lan; later read widely among the hundred schools
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 141-142
Earned
AD 516 熙平初 · Credential top-tier policy examination graduate 高第
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 148
Skill clear and graceful writing 文章清婉 · Level noted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 142
Skill literary composition 文筆 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 152, 160-161

Works and attributed material

Records of Yong'an in three scrolls 永安記三卷
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 208
Censorate literary drafts 臺中文筆
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 152
Collected literary works in thirty-five scrolls 文筆三十五卷
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 205
Hou Mountain shrine inscription 侯山祠堂碑文
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 144
military and state papers of the Northeast Circuit 軍國文翰
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 159
Records of Yong'an 永安記
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 208

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Stele inscription for King Xianwu 獻武王碑文
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 204
Zisheng's writings 子昇文
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 192, 195
Comprehensive Records, volume 176, biography of Wen Zisheng 通志卷一七六溫子昇傳
Relation Biographical subject
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 243
imperial diary 起居注
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 167
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Yuan Tianmu (元天穆)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 178-181; zizhitongjian:153:s0075b; zizhitongjian:153:s0075c; zizhitongjian:153:s0075d; zizhitongjian:153:s0075e
amnesty edict 赦詔
Edict · Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 187
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Erzhu Rong (尒朱榮)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 188
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 199

Events and relationships

Addressed by Gao Huan about stele authorship
Political · Addressee · With Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 92
Advised recover capital not cross north
Counsel · Advisor · With Yuan Tianmu (元天穆)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 177-182
Composed stele
Literary · Author · With King Xianwu (獻武王)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 204
Defeated shortlisted rivals
Examination · Examiner proxy · With Yuan Kuang (元匡)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 149-150
Faced erzhu rong without changing expression
Confrontation · Bearer of edict · With Erzhu Rong (尒朱榮)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 188-189
Fled threatened flogging
Disciplinary · Fugitive · With Yuan Tianmu (元天穆)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 168-169

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Hid from erzhu zhao
Flight · Fugitive · With Erzhu Zhao (尒朱兆)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 190
Placed in top tier
AD 516 熙平初 · Examination · Candidate
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 148
Received state letter
Diplomatic · Receiver · At Xiao Yan's guesthouse 蕭衍客館 · With Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 199
Recommended substitute
Court · Declined drafter · With Lu Cao (陸操)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 201-202
Secretly escorted to jizhou
Escape · Rescued · With Heluo Xing (和洛興)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 164
Seized when yuan slain
AD 526 及淵為葛榮所害 · Captivity · Captive · With Ge Rong (葛榮)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 163
Shut door to read
Scholarly · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 166
Summoned against xing gao
Military · Reluctant staff · With Yuan Tianmu (元天穆)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 172, 175
Summoned to capital but retained
Personnel · Retained subordinate · With Li Shenjun (李神儁)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 155-157
Took forty bolts of silk from gaoche booty
Military · Staff
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 162
Took part in killing erzhu rong
AD 530 及帝殺尒朱榮也 · Political · Conspirator · With Erzhu Rong (尒朱榮)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 187
jointly called Wen and Xing
Relation Peer of · Person Xing Shao (邢卲)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 86
Relation Student of · Person Liu Lan (劉蘭)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 141
Relation Adviser of · Person Yuan Tianmu (元天穆)
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0075a; zizhitongjian:153:s0075f
Relation Examined by · Person Yuan Kuang (元匡)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 148-149
Relation Colleague of · Person Sun Qian (孫搴)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 148
Relation Colleague of · Person Lu Zhongxuan (盧仲宣)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 148
Relation Retainer of · Person Yuan Yuan (元淵)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 143
Relation Student of · Person Cui Lin'en (崔靈恩)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 141

Assessments and attributes

Assessment escape enough to make Yifu blush for character · Mode named-speech Speaker Li Kai (李楷)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 165
Assessment fame for talent grew still greater · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 160
Assessment liked to involve himself in troubles and thus met ruin · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 207
Assessment literary power inspires dread · Mode named-speech Speaker Xu He (徐紇)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 161
Assessment outwardly serene and uncontentious, measured in speech, yet inwardly profoundly cunning · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 206
Assessment refined and possessed genuine virtue · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yang Yin (楊愔)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 197

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Item amnesty edict 詔書 · Relation Bore
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 188
Item forty bolts of silk 絹四十匹 · Relation Took
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 162