Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Xin Shu 辛術

Died AD 559

Passages
22
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Xin Shu as an administrator, general, named individual, and official. This record brings together 22 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xin Shu 辛術 Xin Shu
Courtesy Huaizhe 懷哲 Huáizhé
Title Minister of the Civil Service 吏部尚書
Given Shu Shù
Surname Xin Xīn
Personal Xin Shu 辛術 Xīn Shù
Alternate Xin Shu 辛述 Xin Shu
Personal name Xin Shu 辛術 Xin Shu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Age: Value: 60 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 559
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0045

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 559
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0045, beiqishu:038:s0038
  • Source Date: Text: 天保初 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:035:s0057
  • Source Date: Text: 天保末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 559
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0038
  • Source Date: Text: 攻圍東楚 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:025:s0025
  • Source Date: Text: 武定八年 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0010
  • Source Date: Text: 皇建二年 · Western Year: AD 561
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0046
  • Source Date: Text: 齊吏部尚書 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 577
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0029
  • Source Date: Text: 齊天保元年 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 齊氏循良 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 577
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:046:s0012

Family

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  • Child of Father of Xin Shu
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Xin Geqing (辛閣卿)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: administrator of Qinghe / 清河太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0005
  • Label: chief clerk of Bing province / 幷州長史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0006
  • Label: director of personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0031
  • Label: governor of Eastern Xuzhou / 東徐州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0011
  • Label: masters of writing on the southeastern mobile grand secretariat / 東南道行臺尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0010
  • Label: regular attendant of the scattered cavalry / 散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0009
  • Label: right vice director of the masters of writing / 尚書右丞 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0004
  • Label: staff member in the registrar's office of the directorate of works / 司空胄曹參軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0003
  • Label: Minister of the Civil Service / 吏部尚書 · Action: held
    Explicit · suishu:077:s0029
  • Title: nan of Jiangxia county / 江夏縣男 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0010
  • Label: grand mentor equal to the three excellencies / 開府儀同三司 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0046

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Xiao Ming (蕭明) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武定八年 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0010
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武定八年 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0010

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 25Volume 25 Biographies 17: Zhang Zuan; Zhang Liang; Zhang Yao; Zhang Qi; Xu Yuan; Wang Jun; Wang Hong · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 27: Pei Rangzhi; Li Guo; Zhang Yanzhi; Lu Ang; Wang Songnian; Liu Yi · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 30: Xin Shu; Yuan Wenyao; Zhao Yanshen · 17 passages
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials · 2 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage