Overview
Mi Zixia was a Favorite of the Wei Lord.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 534 to BC 493 彌子瑕之行Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 69
- BC 550 to BC 480 彌子瑕見愛於衛君Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 112
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Mi Zixiamother 母Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 114
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- HeldCourt favorite exemplumDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 69
Events and relationships
- Falsely drove lord carriageLegal · OffenderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 114
- Fell from favor and was condemnedPolitical · OffenderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passages 118-119
- Offered remaining peachDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 116
- Relation Favorite of · Person Lord of Wei (衛君)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 112
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment conduct sufficient to illustrate later flatterers · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 125, passage 69
- Assessment conduct unchanged; judgment changed with love and hate · Mode quotation Speaker Han Fei (韓非)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 120
References in the histories
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