Zhong Shaojing (鐘紹京)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhong Shaojing as an aristocrat, calligrapher, official, and statesman. This record brings together 8 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	Zhong Shaojing	鐘紹京	Zhong Shaojing
Title	Duke of Yue	越國公
Given name	Shaojing	紹京	Shaojing
Personal name	Zhong Shaojing	鐘紹京	Zhong Shaojing

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:121:s0041

Roles

Aristocrat
Calligrapher
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died in office of natural causes · Age Note: past eighty
Explicit · xintangshu:121:s0056

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十五年入朝 · Western Year: AD 727
Explicit · xintangshu:121:s0052
Source Date: Text: 建中中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 780 · End: AD 783
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:121:s0058
Source Date: Text: 景龍中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 707 · End: AD 710
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:121:s0044
Source Date: Text: 武後時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 690 · End: AD 705
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:121:s0043

Career and standing

Label: Director of the Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xintangshu:121:s0046
Label: Director of the Imperial Parks / 苑總監 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景龍中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 707 · End: AD 710
Explicit · xintangshu:121:s0044
Label: Grand Tutor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xintangshu:121:s0058
Title: Duke of Yue / 越國公 · Action: granted
Explicit · xintangshu:121:s0046