Overview
Zhi Yun was a scholar, Astronomer, and Official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Junzhang | 君章 | Junzhang |
Life and dates
Age
- 12Reckoning Sui · Context lost motherDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 154
Attested activity
- AD 27 建武三年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passages 182-183
- AD 9 to AD 23 王莽時Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 156
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Zhi Yun (郅惲母)mother 母 · maternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 154
Career and standing
- senior clerk of troops / Troop Leader clerk 將兵長史AD 27 建武三年 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 183
- clerk 吏Offered · Negated trueDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 162, 167
- AmnestiedAD 9 to AD 23 遂系須冬，會赦得出 · ReleasedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 181
- edict prison 詔獄Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 178
- high treason / great rebellion 大逆Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 178
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passages 182-183
- Polity Xin 新 · Relation Lived underDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 156
- At Xiping, Runan 汝南西平Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 153
- AD 27 建武三年At Lujiang 廬江 · Relation Traveled toDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 182
- At Cangwu 蒼梧 · Relation Fled toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 181
- At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 168
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- At Runan 汝南 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 153
- At Xiping 西平 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 153
Learning and skills
- StudiedSubjects Han school of the Odes 韓詩, Yan's Spring and Autumn 嚴氏春秋Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 155
- Skill astronomy and calendrical reckoning 天文歷數 · Level understoodDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 155
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressee friends · Units s0156, s0157 · Mode quotation Speaker Zhi Yun (郅惲)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 156-157
- Memorial · Author · With Wang Mang (王莽) · Direct quotation · Units s0168, s0169, s0170, s0171, s0172, s0173, s0174, s0175, s0176, s0177 · Mode quotation Speaker Zhi Yun (郅惲)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 168-177
- Oath · Speaker · Direct quotation · Units s0184 · Mode quotation Speaker Zhi Yun (郅惲)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 184
- Remonstrance · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Fu Jun (傅俊) · Units s0186, s0187, s0188, s0189 · Mode quotation Speaker Zhi Yun (郅惲)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 186-189
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Lu Bing (逯並) · Units s0158, s0159, s0160, s0161 · Mode quotation Speaker Zhi Yun (郅惲)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 158-161
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Lu Bing (逯並) · Units s0163, s0164, s0165, s0166 · Mode quotation Speaker Zhi Yun (郅惲)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 163-166
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- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Units s0180 · Mode quotation Speaker Zhi Yun (郅惲)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 180
Events and relationships
- Held until winter, released by amnesty, fled south to Cangwu with Zheng JingDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 181
- Jailed and charged with great rebellion after the memorial; Mang delayed killing him because he cited classics and propheciesLegal · PrisonerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 178-179
- Lost his mother at twelve and mourned beyond the ritesRitual · MournerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 154
- Read the celestial signs amid banditry and predicted Han restorationAD 9 to AD 23 王莽時 · Scholarly · ObserverDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passages 156-157
- Ritually invited by Fu Jun and entrusted with military administrationDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 183
- Submitted a memorial telling Wang Mang to yield the throne back to the Liu housePolitical · RemonstrantDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 168, 172-173
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- Swore the troops not to ambush the unprepared, drive foes to desperation, mutilate, strip corpses, or debauch womenMilitary · AdmonisherDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 184
- Urged Fu Jun to bury the dead and show the atrocities were not his intent; Jun complied and cities submittedMilitary · RemonstrantDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 186, 189-190
- Urged Lu Bing to follow Heaven's signs and offered himself in Yi Yin's pathDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 158, 160-161
- Was offered a clerkship by Lu Bing, declined the visit, and refused the appointmentCareer · NomineeDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 162-163, 167
- Yellow Gate attendants pressed him to plead madness; he refused and cursed themLegal · PrisonerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 179-180
- Relation Companion of · Person Zheng Jing (鄭敬)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 181
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Fu Jun (傅俊)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 183
- Relation Client candidate of · Person Lu Bing (逯並)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 158, 162
Source notes
- Value historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 153
References in the histories
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