Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Zong Guai 宗夬

Died AD 504

Passages
17
Chapters
1
Histories
1

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.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zong Guai 宗夬 Zong Guai
Given Guai Guai
Courtesy Mingyang 明敭 Mingyang
Surname Zong 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: sui
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0125

Age

  • Value: 49 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 504
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0125

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 504
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0125
  • Source Date: Text: 中興初 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:019:s0120
  • Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0123
  • Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0122
  • Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:019:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 義師起 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:019:s0117
  • Source Date: Text: 隆昌末 · Western Year: AD 494
    Explicit 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 501
    Explicit · 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 503
    Explicit · 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 502
    Explicit · 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 502
    Explicit · 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 494
    Explicit · 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 503
    Explicit · 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 501
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0117
  • Label: aide-de-camp / 別駕 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0116
  • Label: attendant to the Prince of Linchuan / 臨川王常侍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0007
  • Label: Champion General / 冠軍將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0121
  • Label: chief clerk to the Guard General / 衛軍長史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0121
  • Label: Director of the Bureau of Punishments / 尚書都官郎 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0012
  • Label: magistrate of Moling / 秣陵令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0012
  • Label: manager of documents for the Prince of Nan Commandery / 管書記 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0010
  • Label: staff officer on the chief of staff's staff / 驃騎行參軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0007
  • Status: resigned · Action: left-office · Reason: father old
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0115
  • Status: mourning · Action: left-office · Reason: father's death
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0120

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: Yingzhou outstanding talent / 郢州秀才 · Action: earned
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0007

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: pure and upright; escaped Longchang purge · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0013

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 19Volume 19: Zong Guai; Liu Tan; Yue Ai · 17 passages