Overview
The translated histories identify Zhai Pulin as a family member, farmer, 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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhai Pulin | 翟普林 | Zhai Pulin |
| Epithet | Master of Chuqiu | 楚丘先生 | Chuqiu Xiansheng |
| Given | Pulin | 普林 | Pulin |
| Personal name | Zhai Pulin | 翟普林 | Zhai Pulin |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · suishu:072:s0195
Roles
- Family Member
- Farmer
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大業初至大業中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 605 · End: AD 618Explicit · suishu:072:s0198, suishu:072:s0202
Family
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- Child of Father of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之父)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Mother of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: farmer / 躬耕 · Action: worked personally to support his parentsExplicit · suishu:072:s0196
- Label: Magistrate of Xiaoyang / 孝陽令 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:072:s0202
- Status: office-refusal · Action: repeatedly declined all commandery and prefectural summonsExplicit · suishu:072:s0196
Places and affiliations
- Place: Chuqiu / 楚丘 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · suishu:072:s0194
Events and relationships
- Kind: mourning · Role: mourner · Other Person Ids: Father of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之父), Mother of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之母) · Actions: grieved nearly to death, lived in a hut beside the tomb, carried earth to build the mound, wore only a single mourning garment in winterExplicit · suishu:072:s0198, suishu:072:s0199
- Kind: filial-care · Role: caregiver · Other Person Ids: Father of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之父), Mother of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之母) · Actions: personally tended their bedding during illness, did not change his clothes for seventy daysExplicit · suishu:072:s0197
- Kind: filial-omen · Role: subject · Omens: the family black dog followed him to the tomb and howled when he mourned, two magpies nested by and entered his hut without fearExplicit · suishu:072:s0200, suishu:072:s0201
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: benevolent and filial, renowned for serving his parents · Provenance: Mode: historian-narrativeExplicit · suishu:072:s0195
References in the histories
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