Overview
Zifan was an official and Writer.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Liang
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posthumous name | Wen | 文 | Wen |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 549 尋遇疾卒，時年六十四Illness · Age Value: 64 · Reckoning: SuiDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 83
Age
- 64Reckoning Sui · Circumstance at-deathDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 83
Attested activity
- AD 549 其年葬簡皇后Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 82-83
- AD 549 太宗卽位Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 78-81
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Pang (滂)father 父
son 子Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 87, 89 - Parent of Que (確)son 子Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 87
- Kinship Role sons · Count 2Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 87
Career and standing
- Sima to the Xuanhui Prince of Wuling 宣惠武陵王司馬Appointed but declinedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 78
- General of Martial Brilliance 戎昭將軍AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 79
- Grand Master of Palace Leisure 中散大夫AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 78
- Grand Master of Palace 太中大夫AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 80
- Internal Governor of Shixing 始興內史AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 79
- Grand Master of the Palace with Gold and Purple 金紫光祿大夫AD 552 賊平後 · Posthumously grantedDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 84
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- Director of Palace Affairs 光祿PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 78
- Minister of Justice 廷尉卿PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 78
- Superintendent of the Secretariat 秘書監PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 80
- Director of Palace Affairs with gold seal and purple ribbon 光祿大夫加金章紫綬AD 549 太宗卽位 · Summoned but did not acceptDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 81
- Wen (Literary) 文Posthumous titleDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 85
- Grand Master of the Palace with Gold and Purple 金紫光祿大夫AD 552 賊平後 · Posthumously bestowed · Negated falseDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 84
Places and affiliations
- Polity Liang 梁 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 78, 81
- At Shixing 始興 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 79
Works and attributed material
- collected works in thirty juan 文集三十卷Relation Author · Extent 30 juanDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 86
- mourning eulogy 哀策文AD 549 其年葬簡皇后 · Relation AuthorDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 82
Events and relationships
- Composed mourning eulogyDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 82
- Refused under rebel pressureAD 549 太宗卽位 · Appointment · AppointeeDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 81
- Relation Colleague of · Person Zhang Zuan (張纘) · Context joint mourning eulogyDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 82
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment eulogy not inferior to those of old despite deficient burial rites · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Emperor Jianwen (太宗)Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 82
- AD 549 太宗卽位Item gold seal and purple ribbon 金章紫綬 · Relation Offered not acceptedDated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 81
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 78
References in the histories
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