Liu Tanjing 劉曇淨

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Liu Yuanzhen (劉元真)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 161
• Sibling of Elder brother of Liu Tanjing (劉曇淨兄)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 169
• Child of Liu Huijing (劉慧鏡)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 162
• Child of Mother of Liu Tanjing (劉曇淨母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 170
• Kin of Liu Huifei (劉慧斐)
  paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 168

Career and standing

• Haining magistrate 海寧令
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 168
• left palace attendant of the Kingdom of Ancheng 安成王國左常侍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 164
• staff officer on the Pacifying West staff 安西行參軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 169

Places and affiliations

• At Lyu in Pengcheng 彭城呂
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 160

Events and relationships

• Cooked gruel for mother; never loosened belt in her illness
  Personal · Caregiver
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 170-171
• Fasted nearly ten days; wore thin cloth in cold; hutted at provisional grave; died before year ended
  Ritual · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 172-174
• Rushed to funeral; fasted days; fainted; wept blood; sickened after mourning
  Ritual · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 165-167
• Yielded magistracy to elder brother
  Political · Actor · With Elder brother of Liu Tanjing (劉曇淨兄)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 169

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment devoted ways matched his father's; filial unto death · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 163, 174
• Assessment of the same self-destructive filial intent as Qiu and Wu · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 277