Zu Ting (祖珽) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zu Ting was an official, Physician, and Musician.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xiaozheng	孝徵	Xiaozheng
Alternate name	Ziye	子野

Life and dates

Death

At Northern Xuzhou 北徐州 · Died in office
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 250

Attested activity

AD 565 乙酉之歲
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 142-143
AD 560 to AD 561 乾明、皇建之時
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 130
AD 573 to AD 577 出為北徐州刺史
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 237, 242, 250
AD 571 和士開死後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 189-190
AD 550 天保元年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 113
AD 560 to AD 561 孝昭朝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 122

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AD 570 to AD 576 後主
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 50, passage 187
AD 571 to AD 573 後主時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 192, 208, 218
AD 546 攻玉壁
Dated from the passage context · zizhitongjian:159:s0270s
AD 549 to AD 550 文宣作相
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 104, 106, 112
AD 559 文宣崩後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 120-121
AD 550 to AD 559 文宣帝朝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 115-119
AD 547 to AD 549 文襄時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 86, 89
AD 549 文襄遇害
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 98-99
AD 570 武平元年前後
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 33, passage 147
AD 565 武成
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 147, 150, 173, 180
AD 561 to AD 565 武成朝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 125-127, 129, 132, 141, 146
AD 571 為祖珽所間
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 38, passage 141
AD 560 to AD 570 祖珽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 47, passage 150
AD 570 to AD 573 祖珽受委…珽被出
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 37-38
AD 570 to AD 575 祖珽執政
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 219
AD 540 to AD 549 神武文襄間祖珽仕進
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 57, 60
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 61, 63, 85
c. AD 520 to AD 550 魏末 / 齊代魏前
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 39
AD 545 魏蘭陵公主出塞嫁蠕蠕
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 64

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zu Ying (祖瑩)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 58
Child of Mother of Zu Ting (祖珽母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 127
Child of Ying (瑩)
son 子
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0270ab
Parent of Zu Junxin (祖君信)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 38, passage 169
Kin of Zheng Daogai (鄭道蓋)
wife's elder brother 妻兄
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 202
Spouse of Wife of Zu Ting (祖珽妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 83
Spouse of Wife of Zu Ting (祖珽妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 202

Kinship Role family and kin · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 178
Kinship Role kinsmen · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 219

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Han 漢
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 210

Career and standing

court official seeking chancellorship 志於宰相
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 147
in charge of ceremonial regulations 典儀注
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 60
army-camp merit officer 功曹參軍
AD 547 to AD 549 文襄時 · Appointed · Authority Gao Cheng (高澄)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 97
army-camp staff officer with opened government office 開府倉曹參軍
AD 543 to AD 550 文宣為幷州刺史時 · Appointed · Authority Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (文宣帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 62
Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
AD 571 和士開死後 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 189
Inspector of Hai Province 海州刺史
AD 565 武成崩 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 180

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secretariat lang 秘書郎
AD 540 to AD 549 神武文襄間祖珽仕進 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 60
Acting Grand Three Excellencies of Honor 開府儀同三司
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 188
Administrator of Ningwu 寧武太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 120
commissioner for receiving southern envoys 中勞使
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 128
Compiler in the Writings Office 著作郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 121
direct service in the Secretariat drafting edicts 直中書省，掌詔誥
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 115
Director of compilation 總監撰書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195
Director of the Secretariat 秘書監
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 146, 188
Governor of Northern Xuzhou 北徐州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 237
Left Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書左僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195
Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry 散騎常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 129
Silver-Green Grand Master of the Palace 銀青光祿大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 188
Superintendent of Medicines 尚藥丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 117
Supervisor of the National History 監國史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195
Vice Director of the Imperial Ancestral Temple 太常少卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 129
scattered duty in chancellor office 散參相府
Assigned
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 96
secretariat assistant leading gentlemen-in-attendance 秘書丞領舍人
AD 547 to AD 549 文襄時 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 86
merit officer in inner and outer government office 中外府功曹
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 85
Adjutant of the Granary Section 倉曹參軍
Held
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0270s
Director of cavalry and external troops 總知騎兵、外兵事
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 218
lang in the ritual protocols section of the masters of writing 尚書儀曹郎中
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 60
plain governor (cishi) 刺史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 241
proposed clerk appointments 擬補令史
Nominated
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 104
Imperial Pharmacy Director 典禦
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 117
Secretariat Attendant 中書侍郎
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 125
Commander of the guards / Lingjun 領軍
Requested
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 208
army-camp post 倉曹
AD 543 to AD 550 文宣為幷州刺史時 · Restored
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 74
Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
Stripped
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 237
Open Office Equal to the Three Excellencies 開府儀同
Stripped
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 241
Vice Director (Puye) 僕射
Stripped
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 237
Administrator of Ande 安德太守
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 127
Administrator of Qi commandery 齊郡太守
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 127
Duke of Yan commandery 燕郡公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195
National Treasure 國寶
Called
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 194
State Teacher 國師
Called
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 194
Special Advancement 特進
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195
Acting Three Excellencies of Honor 假儀同三司
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 129
Acting Three Excellencies of Honor 儀同三司
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 146
commandery duke 郡公
Stripped
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 241
Entered
AD 565 武成 · Exile
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 173, 175
Entered
Estranged from throne
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 232
Entered
Favorite
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 191
Entered
Removed from office rolls
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 112
Held
Dominant minister
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 197, 218, 220
Received
Great personal favor
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 146
confessed under investigation 引伏
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Confessed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 90
more than ten forged-edict gift cases 詐出勑受賜十餘事
Forged edicts and illicit gifts · Found guilty
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 237
pardoned but removed from office 特恕不問然猶免官
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Pardoned and demoted · Authority Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 96
questioned and released 親問而釋
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Released · Authority Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 76
removed for embezzling storehouses 割藏免官
Dismissal · Removed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 118
two hundred strokes, armor ward, irons, double grain levy 決鞭二百配甲坊加鉗穀倍徵
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Sentenced · Authority Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 91
strangulation for bribery in clerk appointments 據法處絞
Capital sentence · Sentenced
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 104
strangulation for illegal acts 據犯枉法處絞刑
Capital sentence · Sentenced
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 111
spared death and removed from the register 免死除名
Pardon · Spared death and struck from rolls
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 112
flogged forty strokes 杖之四十
AD 547 to AD 549 文襄時 · Suffered · Authority Gao Cheng (高澄)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 89
assigned to the works compound 配甲坊
Suffered
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 173
flogged two hundred strokes 鞭二百
Suffered
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Wei 東魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 60, 62, 112; zizhitongjian:159:s0270s
Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Active under
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 219
Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 104, 115, 125, 154, 180, 192
At Di Dao in Fanyang 范陽狄遒
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 57
At Ande 安德 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 127
At Fanyang 范陽 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 57

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At Guang Province 光州 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 173
At Jinyang 晉陽 · Relation Active at
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 190
At Ningwu 寧武 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 120
At Northern Xuzhou 北徐州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 237, 242
At Qi commandery 齊郡 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 127
At underground pit prison 地牢 · Relation Confined at
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 177-178
At Yijing Ward 義井坊 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 196
Organization Forest of Literature 文林館 · Relation Entered
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential high rank in policy examination 對策高第
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 60
Skill composing new tunes 新曲 · Level able
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 67
Skill pipa 琵琶 · Level able
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 67
Skill compounding golden elixir 合金丹 · Level claimed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 161
Skill deciding great affairs / stratagems 決大事／奇略 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 183, 186
Skill medicine 醫藥之術 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 114

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Skill languages of the four quarters 四夷語 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 114
Skill letters and literature 文章 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 114
Skill making walnut oil for painting 善為胡桃油以塗畫 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 123
Skill music 音律 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 114
Skill yin-yang divination 陰陽占侯 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 114
Skill Xianbei speech 鮮卑語 · Level understood
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 93

Works and attributed material

Dingguo Temple stele 定國寺碑
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 94-95
Eulogy of Pure Virtue 清德頌
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 61
harmonizing poems to Wei Shou 和魏收詩
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 64
Wei precedents on emperor's mother and empress dowager 魏帝皇太后故事
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 192
Request · Speaker · Addressed to Xindu Fang (信都芳) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 39
AD 565 to AD 571 武成崩後至誅琅邪王
Letter · Author · With Sida (悉達) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 182

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posthumous temple-name memorial 上書追尊
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 132
secret memorials 密啟
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 122
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 141-144, 201, 204-205
Persuasion · Speaker · With Wei Xiaokuan (韋孝寬)
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0270s
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 134, 136-138
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Wucheng (武成帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 151-154, 156, 158, 160-161, 163, 165-171
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Emperor Wucheng (武成皇帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 123
The chancellor heaven-sent clarity sees through—but in truth Xiaozheng did it 此丞相天緣明鑒，然實孝徵所為
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode self-report
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 77
Speech · Speaker · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 213, 215
A man lives once and must not betray his body 丈夫一生不負身
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 73
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 193
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0270x; zizhitongjian:159:s0270y

Events and relationships

Abolished Capital Region office
Administrative · Reformer
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 223
Begged to return to tend mother
Petition · Petitioner · With Mother of Zu Ting (祖珽母)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 127
Bound and sent to minister of justice
Arrest · Captured
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 109-110
Brought Jingxian wife to feast and passed her among company
Personal · Perpetrator · With Wife of Yuan Jingxian (元景獻妻)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 71
Composed eulogy for Moqi Shouluo
Scholarly · Author · With Moqi Shouluo (万俟受洛)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 61
Did not take up Ningwu post
Appointment · Appointee
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 121

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Drafted Dingguo Temple stele in confinement in two days
Scholarly · Author · At Bingzhou 幷州
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 94-95
Drafted denunciation
AD 565 武成 · Political · Accuser · With Zhao Yanshen (趙彥深), Yuan Wenyao (元文遙), He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 148
Driven out
Political · Victim
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 226
Expanded residence
Construction · Builder · At Yijing Ward 義井坊
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 196
Eyes smoked with turnip seed candles went blind
AD 565 武成 · Medical · Victim
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 179
Fled
Flight · Fugitive
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 107
Forged Jinzhou grain memorial for three thousand shi
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Corruption · Conspirator · At Jinzhou 晉州
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 90
Gambled damask and peacock gauze with companions
Personal · Host
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 69
Gathered youths for song and dance; frequented singing houses
Personal · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 67
Gold bowl found in his topknot
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Personal · Thief · With Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 85
Harmonized Wei Shou poems
AD 545 魏蘭陵公主出塞嫁蠕蠕 · Literary · Poet · With Wei Shou (魏收)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 64
Held city against Chen raiders
Military · Defender · At Northern Xuzhou 北徐州
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 242-243, 245-247, 249
Hid two bronze mirrors at Sima Shiyun home
Personal · Thief · With Sima Shiyun (司馬世雲)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 78-79
Interrogated and beaten
AD 565 武成 · Legal · Accused · With Emperor Wucheng (武成帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 150, 159, 172-173
Issued ten cartloads of granary grain
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Corruption · Conspirator · With Lu Zixian (陸子先)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 75
Memorialized Jishu oversee inner construction
Memorial · Author · With Cui Jishu (崔季舒)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 37
Memorialized to make walnut oil
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 118
Persuaded Dame Lu to remove Yanshen became attendant in ordinary
AD 571 和士開死後 · Political · Actor · With Lu Lingxuan (陸令萱), Zhao Yanshen (趙彥深)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 189
Played pipa
Performance · Musician · At rear garden 後園 · With He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 126
Pledged Compendium volumes for gambling
AD 547 to AD 549 文襄時 · Personal · Offender
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 89
Presented walnut oil
Gift · Giver · With Emperor Wucheng (武成皇帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 123
Prompted impeachment of Wang Zichong
Legal · Instigator · With Wang Zichong (王子沖)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 227
Recalled and appointed to high office
AD 565 to AD 571 武成崩後至誅琅邪王 · Political · Beneficiary
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 188
Received southern envoys
Diplomatic · Host commissioner
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 128
Recorded thirty six dictated items without loss
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Administrative · Secretary · With Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 63
Reported slanderous verse
AD 572 後主時 · Political · Accuser · With Hulu Guang (斛律光)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 201, 203-205
Ruse of silent empty city then sudden clamor
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 243-245
Secret memorial to execute Prince of Langya
AD 571 和士開死後 · Political · Plotter · With Prince of Langya (琅邪王) · At Jinyang 晉陽
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 190-191
Secretly denounced
Denunciation · Accuser · With Lu Yuangui (陸元規)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 116
Sought chancellorship
AD 565 武成 · Political · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 147
Sought empress kin backing
Political · Patron · With Hu Junyu (胡君瑜)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 228
Sought to dismiss eunuchs and favorites
Administrative · Reformer
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 225
Sought to make empress dowager
AD 571 後主時 · Political · Planner · With Dame Lu (陸媼)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 192
Sought to remove
Political · Plotter · With Zhao Yanshen (趙彥深)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 219
Stole several thousand book scrolls from Yuankang house
AD 549 文襄遇害 · Corruption · Thief · With Chen Yuankang (陳元康)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 100
Stole
Theft · Perpetrator · Item Comprehensive Digest 遍略
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 105
Summoned to follow carriage
AD 550 天保元年 · Court · Participant · At Jinyang 晉陽
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 113
Took levies and bribes; grew rich
AD 540 to AD 547 神武時 · Corruption · Recipient
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 66
Urged abdication and compared self to Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang
AD 565 武成 · Political · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 163, 170
Urged abdication to crown prince
Political · Advisor · With Emperor Wucheng (武成皇帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 141, 143, 145
Withheld letter; took twenty five gold ingots, gave Zu Xi two
AD 549 文襄遇害 · Corruption · Perpetrator · With Zu Xi (祖喜)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 99
Relation Compared emperor to · Person Xiang Yu (項羽)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 164
Relation Envoy of · Person Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0270s
Relation Advanced through · Person He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 151
Relation Rival of · Person He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 148, 150
Relation Served · Person Gao Cheng (高澄)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 86
Relation Client of · Person Lu Zixian (陸子先)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 75
Relation Rival of · Person Zhao Yanshen (趙彥深)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 148, 182, 189
Relation Rival of · Person Gao Yuanhai (高元海)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 213
Relation Friend of · Person Liu Ti (劉逖)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 148
Relation Compared self to · Person Fan Zeng (范增)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 163-164, 168
Relation Companion of · Person Chen Yuankang (陳元康)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 68
Relation Companion of · Person Mu Zirong (穆子容)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 68
Relation Client of · Person Dame Lu (陸媼)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 208
Relation Adulterous with · Person Widow Wang (王氏)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 81
Relation Political ally of · Person Duan Xiaoyan (段孝言)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 219
Relation Associate of · Person Gao Xiaogong (高孝珩)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 211
Relation Companion of · Person Ren Zhou (任胄)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 68
Relation Client of · Person Emperor Wucheng (武成皇帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 130
Relation Companion of · Person Yuan Shiliang (元士亮)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 68

Assessments and attributes

Assessment careless; could not keep integrity and caution · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 65
Assessment deep shame before onlookers · Mode witness-report
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 79
Assessment exalted men of standing; officials fit posts; praised within and without · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 221
Assessment great-merit-saving-Present-Sovereign; thin conduct but surpassing stratagems; trustworthy in urgency; blind so no rebellion · Mode named-person-speech Speaker He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 184-187
Assessment greatly admired by colleagues · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 63
Assessment quick-witted with forceful phrasing and early fame · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 59

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Assessment slanderer-of-the-emperor · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Emperor Wucheng (武成帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 155
Assessment wildly dissolute · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 72
called his old horse a piebald colt
Habit
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 80
eye ailment
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 33, passage 149
blind in both eyes
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 200, 210, 247
blinded by turnip-seed candle smoke; later described as blind in both eyes
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 179, 187
Item a hundred bolts of goods 物百段 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 126
Item dry-grain stipend from Taiyuan commandery 太原郡幹 · Relation Received
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195
Item gold bowl 金叵羅 · Relation Stole
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 85
Item seventy soldiers 兵七十人 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 195
Item several thousand book scrolls 家書數千卷 · Relation Stole
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 100
Item twenty-five gold ingots 金二十五鋌 · Relation Seized
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 99
Item two bronze mirrors 銅疊二面 · Relation Stole
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 78-79

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 219; Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 1, 57, 104, 192
Earlier solemn oath by the Later Sovereign not to kill him spared his life
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 237
offered to compound golden elixir to spare his life
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passages 161-162
urged emperor to abdicate, become Grand Emperor, and seat his son on the throne
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 170