Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Zhou Yi 周顗

Attested AD 317 - AD 322

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Yi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 317 to AD 322 年十三，嘗謁周顗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 80, passages 7-8

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 7

Events and relationships

Honored with ox heart roast
Social · Host · With Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 8

Assessments and attributes

Assessment saw something uncommon in the boy Wang Xizhi · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 7

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 7

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 2 passages

年十三，嘗謁周顗，顗察而異之。 At thirteen he paid a call on Zhou Yi, who sized him up and saw something uncommon in him.

時重牛心炙，坐客未啖，顗先割啖羲之，於是始知名。 Ox-heart roast was then considered a great delicacy. Before the other guests had tasted it, Zhou Yi carved a portion and offered it to Wang Xizhi, and only then did the boy begin to make a name for himself.