Overview
The translated histories identify Zong Guai as a diplomat, military officer, official, and scholar. This record brings together 17 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Liang
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zong Guai | 宗夬 | Zong Guai |
| Given | Guai | 夬 | Guai |
| Courtesy | Mingyang | 明敭 | Mingyang |
| Surname | Zong | 宗 | Zong |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Uncertain
Roles
- Diplomat
- Military Officer
- Official
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 504 · Age: Value: 49 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · liangshu:019:s0125
Age
- Value: 49 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 504Explicit · liangshu:019:s0125
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 504Explicit · liangshu:019:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 中興初 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:019:s0120
- Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503Explicit · liangshu:019:s0123
- Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:019:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:019:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 義師起 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:019:s0117
- Source Date: Text: 隆昌末 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:019:s0013
Family
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- Descendant of Zong Bing (宗炳)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Kin of Zong Yue (宗岳)Kinship Term: cousin / 從弟 · Subject Role: elder-cousin · Object Role: younger-cousin
- Child of Zong Fan (宗繁)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Zong Yaoqing (宗曜卿)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Palace Assistant Censor / 御史中丞 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中興初 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:019:s0120
- Label: Crown Prince Right Guard Commander / 太子右衛率 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503Explicit · liangshu:019:s0123
- Label: administrator of Donghai / 東海太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:019:s0122
- Label: chief clerk to the General Who Subdues Captives / 征虜長史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:019:s0122
- Label: administrative aide of Yingzhou / 郢州治中 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明帝卽位 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit · liangshu:019:s0115
- Label: Minister of the Five Arms / 五兵尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是冬 · Western Year: AD 503Explicit · liangshu:019:s0124
- Label: advisory army aide to the Western Central Commandant / 西中郎諮議參軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義師起 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:019:s0117
- Label: aide-de-camp / 別駕 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0116
- Label: attendant to the Prince of Linchuan / 臨川王常侍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0007
- Label: Champion General / 冠軍將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0121
- Label: chief clerk to the Guard General / 衛軍長史 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0121
- Label: Director of the Bureau of Punishments / 尚書都官郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0012
- Label: magistrate of Moling / 秣陵令 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0012
- Label: manager of documents for the Prince of Nan Commandery / 管書記 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0010
- Label: staff officer on the chief of staff's staff / 驃騎行參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0007
- Status: resigned · Action: left-office · Reason: father oldExplicit · liangshu:019:s0115
- Status: mourning · Action: left-office · Reason: father's deathExplicit · liangshu:019:s0120
Places and affiliations
- Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0122
- Label: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0008, liangshu:019:s0009
- Place: Nieyang in Nanyang / 南陽涅陽Explicit · liangshu:019:s0003
- Place: Jiangling / 江陵 · Relation: ancestral-homeExplicit · liangshu:019:s0003
Learning and skills
- Credential: Yingzhou outstanding talent / 郢州秀才 · Action: earnedExplicit · liangshu:019:s0007
Events and relationships
- Kind: scholarly · Role: participant · Action: included-in-Western-Lodge-gathering · Other Person Id: Prince of Jingling (竟陵王)Explicit · liangshu:019:s0008
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy-receiver · Action: received-Wei-envoys · Other Person Id: Ren Fang (任昉) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit · liangshu:019:s0009
- Kind: military · Role: envoy · Action: sent-to-Gaozu-with-supplies · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝) · Place: Yangkou / 楊口Explicit · liangshu:019:s0119
- Relation: adviser-to · Person Id: Xiao Yingzhou (蕭穎胄)Explicit · liangshu:019:s0118
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: pure and upright; escaped Longchang purge · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:019:s0013
References in the histories
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