He Chen 賀琛

Other names

Family

• Kin of He Qian (賀蒨)
  paternal elder uncle 伯父 · paternal line · Through Father of He Chen (賀琛之父)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 78
• Parent of He Xu (賀詡)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 345
• Child of Father of He Chen (賀琛之父)
  paternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 38, passage 78

• Kinship Role wife and children · Quantity count unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 144

Origins and identity

• Surname He 賀
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 77

Career and standing

• Chief Clerk to the Prince of Xuancheng, Commander of the Central Army 中軍宣城王長史
  AD 548 太清二年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 337
• General of the Cloud Cavalry 雲騎將軍
  AD 548 太清二年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 337
• Minister of the Grand Treasury 太府卿
  AD 548 久之 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 38, passages 336-337
• Household Counsellor with Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon 金紫光祿大夫
  AD 549 其年冬 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 342
• Libationer and Clerk 祭酒從事史
  AD 520 to AD 526 普通中 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 38, passage 84
• Gentleman of the Prince's Kingdom 王國侍郎
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 86

Places and affiliations

• Liang 梁
  Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passages 84, 137, 336-337
• At Shanyin, Kuaiji Commandery 會稽山陰 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 77
• At native place 鄉里 · Relation Fled to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 341
• At Zhuangyan Monastery 莊嚴寺 · Relation Treated at
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 340

Learning and skills

• Subjects classics 經業 · Teacher Person Id He Qian (賀蒨) · Relation Studied
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 79
• Skill Three Rites 三禮 · Level expert
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 82

Works and attributed material

• Works over a hundred chapters of ritual and classical exegesis 凡百餘篇 · Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 344
• New Method of Posthumous Titles 新諡法
  Relation Compiler · Commissioned By Person Id Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 89
• Exegesis of the Three Rites 三禮講疏
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 344
• Stalled Meanings of the Five Classics 五經滯義
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 344
• various ritual regulations 諸儀法
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 344
• Gaozu's Meaning of the Doctrine of the Mean in the Book of Rites 高祖《禮記中庸義》
  Relation Lecturer
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 358

Events and relationships

• Apologized after the emperor's angry reply and did not speak again
  AD 545 大同十一年 · Court remonstrance · Memorialist
  Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 159, passage 109; zizhitongjian:159:s0133n
• Created and fixed many state ceremonial provisions
  Ritual administration · Designer
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 134
• Fled home when the inner city fell
  AD 549 明年 · Flight · Fugitive
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 341
• His ritual opinion was adopted
  Policy · Successful disputant
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 127
• Left to hold the Eastern Palace
  AD 548 太清二年 · Military · Defender · With Yang Xun (楊曒) · At Eastern Palace 東府
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 338
• Received Qian's former pupils after Qian's death
  Scholarly · Teacher
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 83

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment his remonstrance was not excessively cutting or direct · Assessor Person Id Sima Guang (司馬光) · Mode commentator-judgment Source Person Id Sima Guang (司馬光)
  Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0161e; zizhitongjian:159:s0161h
• Assessment inherited a scholarly family tradition · Assessor Person Id Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 85
• Assessment refined and elegant in bearing, hence nicknamed Elegant He · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passages 135-136
• Assessment rose from humble beginnings by classical learning to high rank · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 348
• Assessment would attain rank through mastery of the classics · Assessor Person Id He Qian (賀蒨) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker He Qian (賀蒨)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passages 79-80