Zhen Ji (甄濟) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhen Ji was a scholar and Hermit.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Mengcheng	孟成	Mèngchéng
Alternate name	Master Zhen	甄生	Zhēn shēng

AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passage 119

AD 740 to AD 755 hermitage and refusals before mid-Tianbao
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 194, passages 101-102
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passage 119
AD 751 天寶十載
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passage 103
AD 757 廣平王平東都
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passage 113
AD 755 祿山反
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passages 109-110

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Secretary of Fan-yang 范陽掌書記
AD 751 天寶十載 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 103
Attendant of the Heir Apparent 太子舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 115
Secretary Gentleman 秘書郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 115
Vice Director of the Ministry of Rites 禮部員外郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 116
Investigating Censor 侍御史
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初 · Concurrently held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 119
Compiler of the Palace Library 著作郎
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初 · Recommended
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 119

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Staff Officer for Xiangyang 陜西襄陽參謀
Recruited
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 116
Left Reminder 左拾遺
AD 751 天寶十載 · Summoned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 103
Vice Director of the Palace Library 秘書少監
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中 · Posthumously appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 127-128
posthumous fourth-rank enfeoffment 追爵第四品
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中 · Posthumously enfeoffed · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Han Yu (韓愈)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 127, 135
Entered
AD 763 to AD 770 瑱死，屏居七年 · Seclusion
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 118
Entered
Orphan
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 100

Relation Associated · Polity Tang 唐
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 98, 102
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 103, 114
At Wuji, Dingzhou 定州無極
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 98
At Anguo Abbey 安國觀 · Relation Held at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 112
At Fan-yang 范陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 103
At Mount Qingyan 青巖山 · Relation Resided in
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 101

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At Wei 衛 · Relation Active at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 104
At Weizhou 衛州 · Relation Resided in
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 99
At Yicheng 宜城 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 117

Skill learning and refined letters 學／文雅 · Level renowned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 100

不可以行
Written refusal · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 110

Dwelt on Mount Qingyan more than ten years; near and far revered his humanity and dared not hunt or fish around the mountain
Personal · Hermit
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 101
Father and son won fame
Commemoration · Honoree · With Zhen Feng (逢)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 136
Forcibly carried to Anguo Abbey
Political · Captive · With An Qingxu (安慶緒) · At Anguo Abbey, eastern capital 東都安國觀
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 112
Lodged to shame defiled officials
Political · Honoree · With Emperor Suzong (肅宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 114
Paid tearful respects
AD 757 廣平王平東都 · Political · Visitor · With Prince of Guangping (廣平王)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 113
Perceived rebellion plot
Political · Observer · With An Lushan (安祿山)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 106

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Received equal bow
Ritual · Honoree · With An Lushan (安祿山)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 104
Recommended by Miao Jinqing; five prefectures invited; edicts came ten times; steadfastly refused to rise
Political · Refusee · With Miao Jinqing (苗晉卿)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 102
Refused summons under blade threat
AD 755 祿山反 · Political · Resister · With An Lushan (安祿山)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 109-111
Summoned then assigned to An Lushan
AD 751 天寶十載 · Political · Appointee · With An Lushan (安祿山)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 103
Warned friend and feigned vomiting blood
Personal · Actor · With Qi Qi (齊玘)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 107-108
Relation Friend of · Person Qi Qi (齊玘)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 107

Assessment abandoned Lushan, refused forced service, never stained his name · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yuan Zhen (元稹)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 129-134
Assessment forthright and upright in counsel · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 105
Assessment integrity equaled Quan Gao; should be recorded in the national history · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yuan Zi (袁滋)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 127
Assessment revered for humanity · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 101
Item villa beside temple of King Zhao of Chu 楚昭王廟左墅 · Relation Built
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 117

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 103
clan prided itself on bold chivalry
Organization Zhen clan 宗屬
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 99