Ziyun (子雲) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ziyun was an official, Historian, and Calligrapher.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Starvation · At monk's room at Xianling Temple 顯靈寺僧房 · Age 63 · Date Source Date: Text: 三年三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 549
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 244

Age

26
Reckoning Sui · Context composing History of Jin
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 188
30
Reckoning Sui · Context first office
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 226
63
Reckoning Sui · Context death
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 244

Attested activity

AD 549 三年三月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 242, 244
AD 541 七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 238, 240
AD 529 三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 231, 233
AD 531 三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 234-235
AD 546 中大同元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 241
AD 529 中大通元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 234

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AD 528 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 231-232
AD 548 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 242-243
AD 536 大同二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 238
AD 527 大通元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 231
AD 547 太清元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 242
AD 516 年三十
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 226, 244
AD 512 年二十六
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 188, 244
AD 536 至是
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passages 157, 238

Career and standing

Confucian instruction 儒訓
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 165
fasting officer 齋官
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 159
administrator of Dongyang 東陽太守
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: AD 541
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 240
assistant Intendant of Danyang 丹陽尹丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 228
chief clerk to the Minister over the Masses 司徒主簿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 228
external military aide to the Northern Central Commandant 北中郎外兵參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 228

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General of Benevolent Awe 仁威將軍
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: AD 541
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 240
General of Firm Awe 貞威將軍
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 531
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 235
Interior Minister of Linchuan 臨川內史
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 531
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 235
Libationer of the Imperial Academy 國子祭酒
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 238
literary scholar to the Prince of Jin'an 晉安王文學
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 228
Minister of the Imperial Clan 宗正卿
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 241
Ministry of Personnel 吏部
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 528
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 232
Palace Library Gentleman 秘書郎
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 年三十 · Western Year: AD 516
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 226
Regular Attendant 散騎常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 237
Yellow Gate Gentleman 黃門郎
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 大通元年 · Western Year: AD 527
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 231
grand rectifier of South Xuzhou 南徐州大中正
Held concurrently · From Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 238
grand rectifier of South Xuzhou 南徐州大中正
Held concurrently · From Source Date: Text: 太清元年 · Western Year: AD 547
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 242
Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左丞
Held concurrently
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 230
left chief clerk to the Minister over the Masses 司徒左長史
Held concurrently · From Source Date: Text: 大通元年 · Western Year: AD 527
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 231
Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
Restored · From Source Date: Text: 太清元年 · Western Year: AD 547
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 242
Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
Restored
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 237, 239
Libationer of the Imperial Academy 國子祭酒
Restored · From Source Date: Text: 太清元年 · Western Year: AD 547
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 242
advisory army aide to the Prince of Luling, Northern Central Commandant 北中郎廬陵王諮議參軍
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 230
Chamberlain of the Imperial Treasury 太府卿
Transferred · From Source Date: Text: 中大通元年 · Western Year: AD 529
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 234
crown prince attendant 太子舍人
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 227
General of Light Chariots 輕車將軍
Transferred · From Source Date: Text: 大通元年 · Western Year: AD 527
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 231
long-term acting Attendant-in-Ordinary 長兼侍中
Transferred · From Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 529
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 233
Supernumerary Regular Attendant 員外散騎常侍
Transferred · From Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 238
bundled silk 束帛
Granted · Mode edict
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 227

Places and affiliations

Polity Great Liang 大梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 178
Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 157, 178
At Danyang 丹陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 228
At Dongyang 東陽 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: AD 541
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 240
At Jinling 晉陵 · Relation Fled to · From Source Date: Text: 三年三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 549
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 244
At Linchuan 臨川 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 531
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 235-236

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At South Xuzhou 南徐州 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 238
At Xianling Temple 顯靈寺 · Relation Died at · From Source Date: Text: 三年三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 549
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 244
Organization Imperial Academy 國子 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 238

Learning and skills

Skill cursive and clerical script 草隸書 · Level standard-for-the-age
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 185
Skill imitating Zhong You and Wang Xizhi with slight variation of forms 善效鐘元常、王逸少而微變字體 · Mode self-statement Speaker Ziyun (子雲)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 186

Works and attributed material

Book of Jin 晉書
Relation Author · Juan 110
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 245
New Records of the Eastern Palace 東宮新記
Relation Author · Juan 20
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 245
History of Jin 晉史
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 188
New Records of the Eastern Palace 東宮新記
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 227, 245
suburban and temple hymn texts 郊廟歌辭
Relation Reviser
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 167, 175, 184
Biographies of the Two Wangs 二王列傳
Relation Section author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 188

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Memorial · Author · With Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0158, s0159, s0160, s0161, s0162, s0163, s0164, s0165
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 158-165
Memorial · Author · With Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0170, s0171, s0172, s0173, s0174, s0175, s0176, s0177, s0178, s0179, s0180, s0181, s0182, s0183
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 170-183
Letter · Author · With Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0187, s0188, s0189, s0190, s0191, s0192
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 187-192

Events and relationships

Fled among commoners
Military · Fugitive · With Hou Jing (侯景) · From Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 548
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 243
Fled east when palace city fell
Military · Fugitive · At Jinling 晉陵 · From Source Date: Text: 三年三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 549
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 244
Hymns put into use
Ritual reform · Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 184
Ordered to draft hymns
Commission · Compiler · Authority Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 167
Proposed hymn revision
Ritual reform · Memorialist
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 157
New Records of the Eastern Palace 東宮新記
Submission · Author · Submitted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 227

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Relation Literary scholar to · Person Prince of Jin'an (晉安王)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 228
Relation Commoner clothes friend of · Person Prince of Xiangdong (湘東王)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 229
Relation Appreciated by · Person Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 193-194
Relation Aide to · Person Prince of Luling (廬陵王)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 230

Assessments and attributes

Assessment brush strength vigorous and fleet, heart and hand in accord; skill surpassing Du Du, beauty exceeding Cui Shi; ought to race with Zhong You · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 193
Assessment praised for harmonious administration; people and officials were pleased · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 236
Assessment quiet and reserved by nature; took no pleasure in pursuing office · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 225
quiet and reserved; long dull and slow by his own report
Character
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 175, 225