Overview
Xing Shao was an official and Statesman.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Assessment virtue and standing very high · Mode historian-judgment
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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 35: Li Zhilian; Feng Shu; Xu Dun; Yang Lie; Yuan Biao · 2 passages
同郡邢卲為中書監，德望甚高，惇與卲競中正，遂馮附宋欽道，出卲為刺史，朝議甚鄙薄之。
Xing Shao of the same commandery was supervisor of the secretariat; his virtue and standing were very high; Dun competed with Shao for the impartial selector post and therefore clung to Song Qindao, having Shao sent out as inspector; court opinion greatly despised him for it.
雖久處朝行，歷官清顯，與邢卲、魏收、陽休之、崔劼、徐之才之徒比肩同列，諸人或談說經史，或吟詠詩賦，更相嘲戲，欣笑滿堂，惇不解劇談，又無學術，或竟坐杜口，或隱几而睡，深為勝流所輕。
Though he long walked the court ranks and held clear, eminent offices, standing shoulder to shoulder with Xing Shao, Wei Shou, Yang Xiuzhi, Cui Jie, Xu Zhicai, and the like—some discussed the classics and histories, some chanted poetry and rhapsodies, mocking one another in turn with laughter filling the hall—Dun did not understand lively talk and had no learning; sometimes he sat the whole time with sealed lips, sometimes hid behind a desk and slept, and was deeply slighted by the leading circles.