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Jingming 景明

Attested AD 502 - AD 559

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jingming was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Wen	溫
Alternate name	Niu	鈕

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 559 明年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 31
AD 502 to AD 557 梁代
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 19

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Su (蘇)
buried together 合葬 · Marriage · Widowed
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 7, passage 30
Parent of Zhang Yao'er (章要兒)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 18

Career and standing

scattered-cavalry gentleman 散騎侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 19
special grand master 特進
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 29
Marquis of Guangde 廣德縣侯
AD 559 明年 · Posthumously enfeoffed · Households 500
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 31

Source notes

From Niu 鈕 · To Zhang 章 · Reason adopted by Zhang clan
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 18

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 4 passages

本姓鈕，父景明為章氏所養，因改焉。 Her family had borne the surname Niu; her father Jingming was adopted by the Zhang clan and took their name.

景明，梁代官至散騎侍郎。 Jingming had served Liang as scattered-cavalry gentleman.

追贈后父景明特進、金紫光祿大夫，加金章紫綬，拜后母蘇安吉縣君。 The empress's father Jingming was posthumously made special grand master and grand master with the gold seal and purple ribbon; her mother Su was made Lady of Anji county.

明年，追封后父為廣德縣侯，邑五百戶，謚曰溫。 The next year her father was posthumously enfeoffed as Marquis of Guangde with five hundred households; his posthumous title was Wen.