Overview
The translated histories identify Zong Yuanrao as an administrator, envoy, general, and judge. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Chen
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zong Yuanrao | 宗元饒 | Zong Yuanrao |
| Given name | Yuanrao | 元饒 | Yuanrao |
| Surname | Zong | 宗 | Zong |
| Personal name | Zong Yuanrao | 宗元饒 | Zong Yuanrao |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:014:s0097
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · chenshu:029:s0004
Roles
- Administrator
- Envoy
- General
- Judge
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建十三年 · Western Year: AD 581 · Age: Value: 64 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · chenshu:029:s0033
Age
- Value: 64 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建十三年 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · chenshu:029:s0033
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太建六年後至都 · Western Year: AD 574Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:014:s0093, chenshu:014:s0097
- Source Date: Text: 太建十三年 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · chenshu:029:s0033
- Source Date: Text: 高宗初即位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 569 · End: AD 569Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:029:s0013
Career and standing
- Label: censor-in-chief / 御史中丞 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0014
- Label: chief clerk of his home province / 本州主簿 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0006
- Label: magistrate of Jinling / 晉陵令 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0008
- Label: minister of personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0032
- Label: grand master with golden seal and purple ribbon / 金紫光祿大夫 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0034
- Label: palace attendant / 侍中 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0034
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0008
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:029:s0006
- Place: Jiangling in Nan commandery / 南郡江陵Explicit · chenshu:029:s0004
Works and attributed material
Events and relationships
- Explicit · chenshu:029:s0026
- Explicit · chenshu:029:s0026
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: returned-from · Place: Qi / 齊Explicit · chenshu:029:s0010
- Relation: served-under · Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)Explicit · chenshu:029:s0007
- Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Liu Shizhi (劉師知)Explicit · chenshu:029:s0007
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: fair and skilled at law; equal to his office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · chenshu:029:s0013, chenshu:029:s0027
References in the histories
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