Xin Ang 辛昂

Other names

Family

• Kin of Zhongjing (仲景)
  clansman 族人
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 203
• Child of Zhonglue (仲略)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 153

Career and standing

• minor military bureau 小兵部
  AD 560 武成二年 · Administered
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 175
• upper gentleman of the Celestial Bureau 天官府上士
  AD 557 世宗初 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 174
• upper gentleman of the Directorate of Metropolitan Investigation 司隸上士
  AD 556 六官建 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 173
• bureau director on the mobile headquarters staff 行臺郎中
  AD 547 年十八 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 155
• lower grand master of the minor Bureau of Frontiers 小職方下大夫
  AD 560 武成二年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 175
• Auxiliary State General 輔國將軍
  AD 553 蜀平 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 160

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 173-174
• Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 156, 158
• AD 564 to AD 566 詔昂使於梁、益
  At Liang and Yi 梁、益 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 39, passage 180
• At Chengdu 成都 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 165
• At Long Province 龍州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 161
• At Longan commandery 龍安郡 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 161

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Addressee students · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0167, s0168, s0169
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 167-169
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0188, s0189, s0190, s0191
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 188-191

Events and relationships

• Campaigned
  AD 564 保定四年 · Military · Officer · With Quan Jingxuan (權景宣) · At Yu Province 豫州
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 177
• Governed
  Administrative · Chief clerk · At Long Province 龍州 · Outcome Officials and people feared yet loved him
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 162-163
• Joined campaign
  AD 553 尉遲迥伐蜀 · Military · Volunteer · With Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥) · At Shu 蜀
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 159
• Pacified frontier
  Administrative · Envoy · At Liang and Yi 梁、益
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 180-181
• Persuaded rebels to submit
  AD 566 天和初 · Political · Pacifier
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 184-186
• Relieved siege
  Military · Commander · At Wanrong commandery, Ba Province 巴州萬榮郡 · Outcome Rebels scattered; commandery secured
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passages 187, 192-194

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment adept at governing · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 165
• Assessment already showed adult purpose and bearing while only a few years old · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 152
• Assessment blend of stern authority and kindness; feared and loved · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 163
• Assessment civilized both tribal peoples and Chinese subjects · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 200
• Assessment none in the family would equal this boy in reputation, virtue, wealth, and standing · Mode speech Speaker unnamed physiognomist
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 153
• Assessment spoke with force and clarity; students deeply moved · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 170

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 151
• at only a few years of age already had the will and conduct of a grown man
  Field childhood
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 152
• family had borne official rank for generations
  Field family-status
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 39, passage 153