Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · father of Xun Lang and court minister

Xun Bodao 伯道

Xún Bódào

Attested AD 502 - AD 557

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xun Bodao was a father of Xun Lang and court minister.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 502 to AD 557 Liang service
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 108
AD 502 to AD 548 故北徐州刺史
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passage 229

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xun Yanzu (延祖)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 13, passage 108
Parent of Xun Lang (荀朗)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 108

Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 229

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Inspector of Northern Xuzhou 北徐州刺史
Formerly held
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passage 229
minister of court ceremony
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 108

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passage 229

Source notes

His sons murdered Yang Yaren at Dongguan while Yaren was fleeing toward Jiangling
AD 549 三年 · Related Person Id Yang Yaren (羊鴉仁)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 229

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 13Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong · 1 passage

祖延祖，梁潁川太守，父伯道，衛尉卿。 His grandfather Yan'zu was Liang's administrator of Yingchuan; his father Bodao was minister of court ceremony.

Book of Liang, Chapter 39Volume 39: Yuan Faseng; Yuan Shu; Yuan Yuanda; Wang Shenian; Yang Hua; Yang Kan; Yang Kun; Yang Yaren · 1 passage

三年，出奔江西，其故部曲數百人迎之，將赴江陵，至東莞，爲故北徐州刺史荀伯道諸子所害。 Year 3 he fled into Jiangxi; a few hundred veterans met him bound for Jiangling—but at Dongguan the sons of ex–Northern Xuzhou inspector Xun Bodao killed him.