Ming · Official and Scholar

Zi

Attested AD 1462

Passages
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Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zi as an official and scholar. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodMing

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zi Zi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Wang Zhi (王直)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: praised for learning and conduct · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · mingshi:169:s0246

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 1 passage