Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Bi Sengming 畢僧明

Bì Sēngmíng

Attested AD 550 - AD 559

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bi Sengming was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 559 僧明
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 47, passage 178

Family

Kin of Bi Yiyun (畢義雲)
paternal cousin 從父兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 47, passage 178

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 39: Cruel Officials · 1 passage

前為汲郡太守翟嵩啟列：「義雲從父兄僧明負官債，先任京畿長吏，不受其屬，立限切征，由此挾嫌，數遣御史過郡訪察，欲相推繩。 Earlier, as administrator of Ji commandery, Zhai Song had memorialized: "Yiyun's cousin Sengming owed official debt; when Sengming was metropolitan chief clerk he refused Yiyun's men and set harsh collection deadlines; nursing a grudge, Yiyun kept sending censors through the commandery to investigate and impeach him.