Overview
The translated histories identify Xie Zhen as a calligrapher, official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 25 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 | Xie Zhen | 謝貞 | Xie Zhen |
| Surname | Xie | 謝 | Xie |
| Personal name | Xie Zhen | 謝貞 | Xie Zhen |
| Courtesy name | Yuanzheng | 元正 | Yuanzheng |
| Given name | Zhen | 貞 | Zhen |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:032:s0062
Roles
- Calligrapher
- Official
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至德三年 · Western Year: AD 585Explicit · chenshu:032:s0099
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太建五年 · Western Year: AD 573Explicit · chenshu:032:s0076
- Source Date: Text: 太清之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:032:s0074
- Source Date: Text: 至德三年 · Western Year: AD 585Explicit · chenshu:032:s0087
Family
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- Child of Xie Sui (謝綏)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Lady Ruan (阮氏)Kinship Term: grandmother / 祖母 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Descendant of Xie An (謝安)Kinship Term: ninth-generation descendant / 九世孫 · Generation Distance: 9 · Line: paternal
- Kin of Wang Yun (王筠)
- Kin of Xie Qia (洽)Kinship Term: father's younger brother / 從父 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Xie Lan (謝藺)
- Kin of Xie Hao (暠)Kinship Term: clansman elder brother / 族兄
- Kin of Xie Kai (凱)Kinship Term: clansman / 族子
- Child of Xie Lan (謝藺)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Lady Wang (王氏)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Xie Jing (靖)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 0 · Negated: trueExplicit · chenshu:032:s0072, chenshu:032:s0109
- Kinship Role: other-heirs · Count: 0 · Negated: trueExplicit · chenshu:032:s0109
Origins and identity
- Ancestor Person Id: Xie An (謝安) · Generation Distance: 9 · Label: ninth-generation descendant of Xie An / 晉太傅安九世孫Explicit · chenshu:032:s0062
Career and standing
- Label: outside arms officer / 智武府外兵參軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建五年 · Western Year: AD 573Explicit · chenshu:032:s0076
- Status: mourning-leave · Action: left-office · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至德三年 · Western Year: AD 585Explicit · chenshu:032:s0087
Places and affiliations
- Place: Yangxia in Chen commandery / 陳郡陽夏Explicit · chenshu:032:s0062
Learning and skills
- Skill: cursive, clerical, seal, and insect scripts / 草隸蟲篆 · Level: skilledExplicit · chenshu:032:s0070
Works and attributed material
- Work: collected writings / 文集 · Relation: authorExplicit · chenshu:032:s0114
- Work: five-character poem on spring days at leisure / 春日閑居五言詩 · Relation: authorExplicit · chenshu:032:s0068
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: staff-officer · Action: kept-distance-from-rebelling-prince · Other Person Id: Shuling (叔陵)Explicit · chenshu:032:s0080, chenshu:032:s0081
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)Explicit · chenshu:032:s0095
References in the histories
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