Overview
The translated histories identify Xie Zhan as an aristocrat, official, poet, and scholar. This record brings together 23 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Song
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xie Zhan | 謝瞻 | Xiè Zhān |
| Alternate name | A-Yuan | 阿遠 | Ā Yuǎn |
| Courtesy | Tongyuan | 通遠 | Tōngyuǎn |
| Personal name | Xie Zhan | 謝瞻 | Xiè Zhān |
| Courtesy name | Xuanming | 宣明 | Xuānmíng |
| Courtesy | Xuanyuan | 宣遠 | Xuānyuǎn |
| Alternate | Yan | 簷 | Yán |
| Courtesy name | Yuan | 遠 | Yuǎn |
| Given | Zhan | 瞻 | Zhān |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · songshu:058:s0007
- Value: maleExplicit · songshu:056:s0002
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Official
- Poet
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初二年 · Western Year: AD 421 · Age: 35Explicit event contextual date · songshu:056:s0019, songshu:056:s0026
Age
- Years: 35 · At: death · Reckoning: source-statedExplicit · songshu:056:s0026
- Years: 6 · Reckoning: source-statedExplicit · songshu:056:s0003
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 永初二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 421Explicit event contextual date · songshu:056:s0019, songshu:056:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 義熙初 · Western Year: AD 405Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0007
Family
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- Kin of Xie Hun (謝混)Kinship Term: clansman uncle / 族叔 · Generation Distance: 1
- Kin of Lady Liu (叔母劉)Kinship Term: paternal aunt by marriage / 叔母 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of Xie Zhan (謝瞻之父), Paternal Uncle of Xie Zhan
- Sibling of Xie Yao (謝曜)Kinship Term: brother and family outing companion · Shared Parentage: uncertain
- Sibling of Xie Hui (謝晦)Kinship Term: elder brother / younger brother / 兄 / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 3
- Child of Father of Xie Zhan (謝瞻之父)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Sibling of Xie Jiao (謝㬭)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Kin of Xie Lingyun (謝靈運)Kinship Term: younger clansman / 族弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
Career and standing
- Label: Administrator of Wuxing Commandery / 吳興郡 · Action: appointed then declinedExplicit · songshu:056:s0016
- Label: Administrator of Yuzhang / 豫章太守 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:056:s0016
- Explicit · songshu:056:s0006
- Labels: staff officer to Emperor Gaozu's Zhenjun Army / 高祖鎮軍參軍, staff officer to the Prince of Langye as Grand Marshal / 琅邪王大司馬參軍, Chief Clerk / 主簿, Administrator of Ancheng / 安成相, Gentleman of the Palace Secretariat / 中書侍郎, Secretariat Gentleman of the Song state / 宋國中書侍郎, Yellow Gate Gentleman of the Song state / 宋國黃門侍郎, Attendant of the Chancellor of State / 相國從事中郎 · Action: held successivelyExplicit · songshu:056:s0007
- Labels: staff officer under Huan Wei in the Anxi command / 桓偉安西參軍, Secretary Gentleman in the Chu court / 楚台秘書郎 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:056:s0004
- Status: illness · Action: refused treatment · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初二年 · Western Year: AD 421Explicit · songshu:056:s0019
- Status: office · Action: resigned to accompany Lady Liu and Liu LiuExplicit · songshu:056:s0006
- Status: orphaned in childhood · Cause: loss of fatherExplicit · songshu:056:s0005
Places and affiliations
- Place: Yangxia in Chen Commandery / 陳郡陽夏Explicit · songshu:056:s0002
- Place: former residence of Yang Ben / 羊賁故第 · Relation: lodged-atExplicit · songshu:056:s0022
Learning and skills
- Skill: literary composition / 文章 · Level: excellentExplicit · songshu:056:s0027
- Skill: literary composition / 屬文 · Level: precociousExplicit · songshu:056:s0003
Works and attributed material
- Work: In Praise of Amethyst Quartz / 紫石英贊 · Relation: authorExplicit · songshu:056:s0003
- Work: The Guoran Poem / 果然詩 · Relation: authorExplicit · songshu:056:s0003
- Kind: admonition · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Xie Zhan (謝瞻)
- Kind: deathbed letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦) · Provenance: Mode: quoted-document · Speaker Person Id: Xie Zhan (謝瞻)Explicit · songshu:056:s0024, songshu:056:s0025
- Kind: petition · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Topic: request to demote Xie Hui · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Xie Zhan (謝瞻)
- Kind: statement · Role: speaker · Topic: refusal to lodge in Yang Ben's former residence · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Xie Zhan (謝瞻)Explicit · songshu:056:s0023
- Kind: warning · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Xie Zhan (謝瞻)Explicit · songshu:056:s0020
Events and relationships
- Kind: social · Action: checked Xie Lingyun's habit of judging people by alluding to criticism of Lingyun's father · Other Person Id: Xie Lingyun (謝靈運)
- Kind: political · Action: publicly repeated Xie Hui's court secrets as jokes to stop further disclosures · Other Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦)Explicit · songshu:056:s0017
- Explicit · songshu:056:s0005
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: Gifted writers of the time marveled at his childhood compositions. · Provenance: Mode: historian-reportExplicit · songshu:056:s0003
- Assessment: His brilliant diction rivaled Xie Hun and Xie Lingyun. · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · songshu:056:s0027
References in the histories
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