Sui and Tang · Official

Zhong Qi 鐘起

Attested AD 875

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhong Qi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 875 幼時，唐乾符二年之前
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 4, 18

Family

Kinship Role sons · Quantity several · 子數人
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 4

Career and standing

county registrar 縣錄事
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 4

Works and attributed material

That is just the Qian boy from next door.
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 11

Events and relationships

Allowed his sons to associate with Qian Liu and lent him relief when poor
Personal · Patron · With Qian Liu (錢镠)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 16
Forbade his sons from drinking and gambling with Qian Liu, but they often slipped off to join him
Personal · Parent · With Qian Liu (錢镠)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 4
Hosted a feast of local worthies so a Yuzhang physiognomist could search for the man of destiny
Personal · Host
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 9

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History

8 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 67Volume 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue · 8 passages

縣錄事鐘起有子數人，與镠飲博，起嘗禁其諸子，諸子多竊從之遊。 Zhong Qi, the county registrar, had several sons who drank and gambled with Liu. Qi tried to keep his sons away, but they often slipped off to join Liu anyway.

起與術者善，術者私謂起曰：「占君縣有貴人，求之市中不可得，視君之相貴矣，然不足當之。」 Qi knew the diviner well. The man took Qi aside and said, "My readings say a man of great rank is in your county, but I cannot find him in the markets. You yourself look distinguished, yet you are not the one the stars foretell."

起乃為置酒，悉召賢豪為會，陰令術者遍視之，皆不足當。 Qi hosted a feast and invited every leading man in the district, while the diviner studied each guest in secret. None of them matched the omen.

術者過起家，镠適從外來，見起，反走，術者望見之，大驚曰：「此真貴人也！」 The diviner happened to pass Qi's home as Liu was returning from outside. Liu saw Qi and ran the other way, but the diviner glimpsed him and exclaimed in shock, "There is the man of destiny!"

起笑曰：「此吾旁舍錢生爾。」 Qi laughed. "That is just the Qian boy from next door."

術者召镠至，熟視之，顧起曰：「君之貴者，因此人也。」 The diviner called Liu over, studied his face at length, then told Qi, "Whatever greatness awaits you will come through this youth."

因與起訣曰：「吾求其人者，非有所欲也，直欲質吾術爾。」 Bidding Qi farewell, he added, "I sought him with no ulterior motive—only to prove whether my craft was true."

起始縱其子等與镠遊，時時貸其窮乏。 Qi then began to let his sons and others associate with Qian Liu, and from time to time helped him out when he was short of means.