Overview
The translated histories identify Yin Jingren as a courtier, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 17 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yin Jingren | 殷景仁 | Yīn Jǐngrén |
| Given | Jingren | 景仁 | Jǐngrén |
| Surname | Yin | 殷 | Yīn |
| Personal name | Yin Jingren | 殷景仁 | Yīn Jǐngrén |
| Personal | Yin Jingren | 殷景仁 | |
| Alternate | Yin Tie | 殷鐵 | Yīn Tiě |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · songshu:071:s0115
Roles
- Courtier
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉十七年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 17 · Western Year: AD 440Explicit · songshu:058:s0137
- Manner: diedExplicit · songshu:071:s0115
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元嘉中 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453Explicit · nanqishu:016:s0211
- Source Date: Text: 元嘉中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0097
- Source Date: Text: 劉湛伏誅後 · Western Year: AD 440Explicit event contextual date · songshu:071:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 424Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0167
- Source Date: Text: 少帝時至元嘉三年後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 422 · End: AD 433
Career and standing
- Label: Gentleman-in-attendance / 侍中 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉中 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453Explicit · nanqishu:016:s0211
- Label: Gentleman at the Yellow Gate / 黃門郎 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:073:s0024
- Title En: General of the Palace Guard · Title Zh: 領軍將軍Explicit · songshu:069:s0050
- Title En: Vice Director of the Masters of Writing; in charge of personnel selection; General Who Protects the Army · Title Zh: 尚書僕射、領選、護軍將軍Explicit · songshu:069:s0053
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · songshu:071:s0115
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yan Yanzhi (顏延年) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yin Jingren (殷景仁)Explicit · songshu:073:s0024
Events and relationships
- Kind: court · Role: intimate-attendant · Action: conversed-knee-to-knee-with-emperor · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen of Song (宋文帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉中 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453Explicit · nanqishu:016:s0211
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: the vulgar hate the exceptional and the age faults elegance · Other Person Id: Yan Yanzhi (顏延年) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Source Person Id: Yin Jingren (殷景仁)Explicit · songshu:073:s0024
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0211, songshu:071:s0115
References in the histories
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