Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Duke Wenjian 文簡公

Wénjiǎn gōng

Attested AD 530 - AD 550

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Wenjian was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 530 to AD 550 文簡公
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 109

Events and relationships

Disparaged Cui Xian
Personal · Actor · With Cui Xuan (崔暹)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 110
Exposed Cui Yan slander and seized Hou Jing envoy
Political · Actor · With Cui Yan (崔甗), Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 109

Assessments and attributes

Assessment courage like Meng Ke · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 109
Assessment disparagement of Cui Xian blemished virtue · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 36, passage 110

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 28: Xing Shao · 1 passage

及明崔甗之謗言，執侯景之奸使，昔人稱孟軻為勇，于文簡公見之。 When he exposed Cui Yan's slander and seized Hou Jing's treacherous envoy, one can see in Duke Wenjian the courage that earlier men praised in Meng Ke.