Overview
The translated histories identify Xi Jian as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xi Jian | 郗鑒 | Xi Jian |
| Given | Jian | 鑒 | Jian |
| Surname | Xi | 郗 | Xi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:018:s0177
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 晉氏喪亂，播遷江左 · Western Interval: Start: AD 317 · End: AD 339Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0177
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: eastern-jin · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:018:s0177
Works and attributed material
- Kind: historian-comment · Role: subject · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:018:s0177
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: resisted-enemy · Label: resisted the enemy to guard the altars of state / 抗敵以衛社稷 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:018:s0177
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: plain-clothed scholar of gentry repute who rose by merit to the highest offices · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:018:s0177
References in the histories
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