Overview
The translated histories identify Xie Lingyun as an aristocrat, historian, named individual, and official. This record brings together 18 passages from 7 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xie Lingyun | 謝靈運 | Xie Lingyun |
| Alternate name | A-Ke | 阿客 | Ā Kè |
| Alternate name | Guest Boy | 客兒 | |
| Title | Kangle | 康樂 | Kānglè |
| Childhood name | Ke'er | 客兒 | Kè'ér |
| Given | Lingyun | 靈運 | Lingyun |
| Given | Lingyun | 靈運 | Língyùn |
| Given | Lingyun | 靈運 | |
| Given name | Lingyun | 靈運 | Língyùn |
| Surname | Xie | 謝 | |
| Surname | Xie | 謝 | Xiè |
| Personal name | Xie Lingyun | 謝靈運 | Xie Lingyun |
| Personal | Xie Lingyun | 謝靈運 | Xiè Língyùn |
| Personal name | Xie Lingyun | 謝靈運 | Xiè Língyùn |
| Personal | Xie Lingyun | 謝靈運 | |
| Descriptive kinship | younger clansman Lingyun | 族弟靈運 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:052:s0012, nanqishu:036:s0004
- Sex: maleExplicit · songshu:058:s0035, songshu:073:s0311
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Historian
- Named Individual
- Official
- Poet
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元嘉中 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0005
- Western Interval: Start: AD 397 · End: AD 412 · Source Date: Text: 時混族子靈運在坐，退告族兄瞻曰：Explicit · songshu:062:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 永初二年 biographical context · Western Year: AD 421Explicit event contextual date · songshu:056:s0027, songshu:056:s0019
- Source Date: Text: 義熙初 · Western Year: AD 405Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 詠詩時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:003:s0126
- Source Date: Text: 謝靈運 · Western Interval: Start: AD 385 · End: AD 433Strongly inferred · songshu:073:s0311
- Source Date: Text: 謝靈運《晉書》 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 433Explicit · liangshu:052:s0012
Family
Immediate source-linked family. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select a person to open their record.
- Kin of Xie Hun (謝混)Kinship Term: clansman uncle / 族叔 · Generation Distance: 1
- Parent of Xie Feng (謝鳳)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: father · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Xie Chaozong (謝超宗)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Child of Xie Ying (謝瑛)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Kin of Xie Zhan (謝瞻)Kinship Term: younger clansman / 族弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
Career and standing
- Label: Song governor of Linchuan / 宋臨川內史 · Action: heldExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0004
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0004
- Place: Chen / 陳郡Explicit · songshu:073:s0311
Learning and skills
- Skill: literary composition / 文章 · Level: rivaled Xie ZhanExplicit · songshu:056:s0027
Works and attributed material
- Work: Jin History, Biography of Knowing When to Stop / 晉書·止足傳 · Relation: authorExplicit · liangshu:052:s0012
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Xie Zhan (謝瞻) · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: quoted-speech · Speaker Person Id: Xie Lingyun (謝靈運)Explicit · songshu:062:s0016
Events and relationships
- Kind: social · Action: ceased his habit of judging people after Xie Zhan's rebuke · Other Person Id: Xie Zhan (謝瞻)Explicit · songshu:056:s0033, songshu:056:s0034
Assessments and attributes
- Kind: character · Statement: Loved to pass judgment on people's merits and faults.Explicit · songshu:056:s0030
References in the histories
Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.