Murong Zhong (慕容鍾)

Overview

Murong Zhong was an official, Strategist, and Rebel.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Daoming	道明	Daoming

AD 400 to AD 410 南燕之世
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 128, passage 251
AD 399 to AD 400 建平／取齊
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 141
AD 398 to AD 399 德南進齊地
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 123
AD 405 德死之後 / 慕容超即位初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passages 45-46, 54
AD 400 to AD 405 慕容德在位時期
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passages 252, 254-255
AD 398 to AD 399 慕容德滑台時期
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 82

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AD 405 改元曰太上
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 29
AD 403 to AD 405 義熙前後
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 271
AD 405 to AD 407 超時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passages 256-257

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54

chief delegated minister and founding assistant 佐命
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 255
Governor of Shiping 始平太守
AD 405 to AD 407 奔于姚興後 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
Area commander of all armies and recorder of the Secretariat 都督中外諸軍、錄尚書事
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 29
Shepherd of Qingzhou 青州牧
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 30
Minister of Education 司徒
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Jin 127, passage 178
Marquis Who Returns to Righteousness 歸義侯
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257

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founding statesman of the first rank 佐命元勳
Founding merit · Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 255

Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54
Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
Polity Southern Yan 南燕 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 128, passages 251-252, 255

Proclamation · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 127, passages 144-165
Speech · Speaker · With Duan Hong (段宏) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 38

Feigned illness
Political · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 46
Fled to
Flight · Fugitive · With Yao Xing (姚興)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
Killed wife and children
Violence · Perpetrator
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54
Marked for execution
Political · Target · With Murong Chao (慕容超) · Counterpart Person Ids Gongsun Wulou (公孫五樓)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 256
Plotted rebellion
Rebellion · Conspirator
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 45
Rebelled
Rebellion · Leader
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 256

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Tunneled out and fled
Flight · Actor · With Yao Xing (姚興)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54
Relation Appointee of · Person Yao Xing (姚興)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 257
Relation Rival of · Person Gongsun Wulou (公孫五樓)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 256

Assessment discontent—yellow dog hide patching fox fur · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Murong Zhong (慕容鍾)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 38
Assessment imperturbable, brilliant, and eloquent from youth · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 253
Assessment paired wisdom and courage; plans mostly succeeded when employed by Murong De · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 254
joy and anger did not show on his face
Character
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 253