Overview
Xing Cang was a Writer and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Wei
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Ziliang | 子良 | Zǐliáng |
| Posthumous name | Wen | 文 |
Life and dates
Death
- Cause Illness · Died of illnessDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 68
Age
- 21AD 518 to AD 520 神龜中 · Reckoning SuiDated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 58
Attested activity
- AD 520 to AD 525 正光中Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 59
- AD 528 永安初Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 61
- AD 528 to AD 534 永安後至病卒Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passages 63-64, 68
- AD 518 to AD 520 神龜中Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 58
- AD 515 to AD 528 肅宗歷位，文雅大盛Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passages 1, 13
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Descendant of Xing Qiu (邢虬)grandfather 祖 · 2 generations · Through Parent of Xing Cang
eldest grandson 長孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Parent of Xing CangDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 56 - Parent of Xing Shu (邢恕)father 父
son 子Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 71 - Child of Parent of Xing Cangparent 父/母
son 子Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 56
- Kinship Role parents · Quantity deceased-in-youth · Negated falseDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 57
Career and standing
- Pacifier of the East General 安東將軍Additionally grantedDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 64
- Administrator of Dongmou 東牟太守AD 528 永安初 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 61
- Erudite of the Imperial Academy 太學博士AD 518 to AD 520 神龜中 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 58
- Administrator of Puyang 濮陽太守AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 64
- Aide 屬AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 63
- Central Assistant of his native province 本州中從事AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 60
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- Interior Secretary of Le'an 樂安內史HeldDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 63
- Director of the Gold Bureau 金部郎中AD 528 永安初 · SummonedDated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 61
- Governor of Dingzhou 定州刺史Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 70
- Pacifier of the North General 鎮北將軍Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 70
Places and affiliations
- Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 58, 61, 63
- At Hejian 河間Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 56
- At Dingzhou 定州 · Relation Posthumous governorshipDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 70
- At Dongmou 東牟 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 61
- At Le'an 樂安 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 63
- At native province (Hejian) 本州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 60
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- At Puyang 濮陽 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 64
Learning and skills
- RecommendedAD 518 to AD 520 神龜中 · Credential Cultivated Talent 秀才Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 58
Works and attributed material
- Conduct Account for Zhen Chen 甄琛行狀Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 66
- Literary Genealogy 文譜Relation CompilerDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 68
Events and relationships
- Declined post because of illnessAD 528 永安初 · Career · AppointeeDated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 61
- Drafted one room Bright Hall proposal after Pei ZhiDated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 59
- First mastered Feng Hui collected writings with friendsScholarly · ReaderDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 67
- Top rank on five policy questionsAD 518 to AD 520 神龜中 · Examination · CandidateDated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 58
- Relation Protege of · Person Li Yanshi (李延寔)Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 63
- Relation Friend of · Person Pei Jingxian (裴敬憲)Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 67
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- Relation Friend of · Person Lu Guan (盧觀)Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 67
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment alone scrupulous and law-abiding amid turmoil; loved by clerks and people · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 62
- Assessment breadth of reasoning praised by contemporaries · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 59
- Assessment conduct account praised for craftsmanship · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 66
- Assessment governed with benevolence · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 63
- Assessment leading men deeply mourned his death · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 68
- Assessment loved and respected by contemporaries · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 65
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- Assessment warmly supported by local opinion · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 60
- gentle, refined, trustworthy, and generous, with the bearing of a man of mature virtueCharacterDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 65
- Orphaned young; early established moral character; widely learned with refined literary mindEarly lifeDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 57
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 1
- His literary pieces numbered more than a hundred.Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 69
References in the histories
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