Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member and Official

Grandfather of Xie Zhan 謝瞻之祖

Attested AD 421

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grandfather of Xie Zhan was a Family Member and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 421 永初二年 recollection
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 56, passages 12, 19

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Father of Xie Zhan (謝瞻之父)
grandfather 祖
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 56, passage 12

Career and standing

official no higher than the two-thousand-dan rank 位不過二千石
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 12

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 16: Xie Zhan, Kong Linzhi · 1 passage

及還彭城，言于高祖曰：「臣本素士，父、祖位不過二千石。 When he returned to Pengcheng he told Emperor Gaozu, "I was originally a man of no distinction; my father and grandfather never rose above the two-thousand-dan rank.