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Yue Facai 樂法才

Attested AD 501 - AD 549

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yue Facai as a family member and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yue Facai 樂法才 Yue Facai
Personal Facai 法才 Facai
Descriptive kinship Son of Yue Ai 樂藹之子
Courtesy Yuanbei 元備 Yuanbei
Surname Yue Yue

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 卒年六十三 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 549
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0107
  • Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0094
  • Source Date: Text: 梁台建 · Western Interval: Start: AD 501 · End: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0093

Family

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  • Child of Yue Ai (樂藹)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Sibling of Yue Fazang (樂法藏)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

  • Label: chief clerk under Xiao Yingzhou / 主簿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0092
  • Label: Director of the Treasury / 金部郎 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0094
  • Label: Gentleman who initiates affairs / 起部郎 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0093
  • Label: Grand Chamberlain / 太府卿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0101
  • Label: magistrate of Jiankang / 建康令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0098
  • Label: staff officer to the prime minister / 府參軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0092
  • Label: interior administrator of Nankang / 南康內史 · Action: refused
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0102
  • Status: mourning · Action: left-office
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0094

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: religious · Role: founder · Action: converted-residence-to-temple
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0106

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: model of integrity; refused salary · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0099

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 19Volume 19: Zong Guai; Liu Tan; Yue Ai · 4 passages