Zang Dun (臧盾) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zang Dun as an administrator, family member, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 17 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zang Dun	臧盾	Zang Dun
Given name	Dun	盾	Dùn
Given	Dun	盾	Dùn
Posthumous name	Loyal	忠
Courtesy name	Xuanqing	宣卿	Xuānqīng
Surname	Zang	臧	Zāng
Personal name	Zang Dun	臧盾	Zang Dun
Personal name	Zang Dun	臧盾	Zāng Dùn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:036:s0125
Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0003, liangshu:047:s0121

Roles

Administrator
Family Member
Military Officer
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

Source Date: Text: 大同九年 · Western Year: AD 543
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0042

Age

Age: 66 · Reckoning: sui · Source Date: Text: 大同九年 · Western Year: AD 543
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0042

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中大通五年二月 · Western Year: AD 533
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0029, liangshu:042:s0030
Source Date: Text: 大同七年 · Western Year: AD 541
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0041
Source Date: Text: 大同九年 · Western Year: AD 543
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0042
Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0034
Source Date: Text: 大同五年 · Western Year: AD 539
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0039
Source Date: Text: 天監 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 519
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:047:s0121
Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0019, liangshu:042:s0010
Source Date: Text: 梁 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 530
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0125

Family

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Child of Zang Weizhen (臧未甄)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
Child of Liu (劉氏)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Zang Zhongbo (臧仲博)
Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2
Parent of Zang Changbo (臧長博)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 1
Sibling of Zang Jue (臧厥)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

Label: censor-in-chief / 御史中丞 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0027
Label: commandant of the central army / 中領軍 · Action: appointed · Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0034
Label: concurrent commander of the Army of the Capital / 兼領軍 · Action: appointed · Source Date: Text: 中大通五年 · Western Year: AD 533
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0033
Label: General of Renowned Might and magistrate of Wu / 仁威將軍、吳郡太守 · Action: appointed · Source Date: Text: 大同五年 · Western Year: AD 539
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0039
Label: Grand Master of Splendid Happiness / 光祿大夫 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0040
Label: Dan'yang assistant magistrate / 丹陽尹丞 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:047:s0121
Label: commandant of the army / 領軍將軍 · Action: restored · Source Date: Text: 大同七年 · Western Year: AD 541
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0041
Label: posthumous palace attendant / 贈侍中 · Action: bestowed
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0044
Status: posthumous-title · Label: Loyal / 忠
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0046

Places and affiliations

Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0020, liangshu:042:s0034
Place: Ju in Dongguan / 東莞莒
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0003
Place: Wu commandery / 吳郡 · Relation: posted-to · Source Date: Text: 大同五年 · Western Year: AD 539
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0039

Learning and skills

Subject: Five Classics / 五經 · Teacher Person Id: Zhuge Huan (諸葛璩)
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0016
Skill: handsome bearing and graceful manner / 美風姿，善舉止 · Level: noted
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0020

Events and relationships

Kind: mourning · Role: mourner · Action: mourned five years in hut after mother and father died
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0022, liangshu:042:s0024
Kind: ritual · Role: participant · Action: stood unmoved during elephant panic at Tongtai Temple · Other Person Id: Pei Zhili (裴之禮) · Source Date: Text: 中大通五年二月 · Western Year: AD 533
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0029, liangshu:042:s0030
Relation: student-of · Person Id: Zhuge Huan (諸葛璩)
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0016

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: filial · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0022, liangshu:042:s0024
Assessment: heavy vessel; makings of a king's counselor · Provenance: Mode: named-speaker · Speaker Person Id: Zhuge Huan (諸葛璩)
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0018
Assessment: upright and forceful; capable at the censorate · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0028
Item: Eastern Garden funerary objects / 東園秘器 · Relation: bestowed
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0045
Item: golden seal and purple ribbon / 金章紫綬 · Relation: bestowed
Explicit · liangshu:042:s0040