Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Junior Tutor

Pei Kai 裴楷

Attested AD 237 - AD 291

Passages: 6
Chapters: 5
Histories: 4

Overview

Pei Kai was a Junior Tutor.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Uncle Ze	叔則	Uncle Ze

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 237 to AD 291 叔則
Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 187
AD 290 惠帝即位後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 53, passage 202
AD 278 琇與裴楷後至
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 93, passages 38-39

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Pei Xian (裴憲)
son 息
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 205

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Junior Tutor 少師
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 202

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 93, passages 38-39

Events and relationships

Arrived late with Yang Xiu
Social · Companion · With Yang Xiu (羊琇)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 39

Assessments and attributes

Assessment model for treating strange events calmly · Mode quoted-document Source Person Id Yan Yanzhi (顏延之)
Directly stated · Book of Song 73, passage 212

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 2 passages

盛選德望以為師傅，以何劭為太師，王戎為太傅，楊濟為太保，裴楷為少師，張華為少傅，和嶠為少保。 The court recruited eminent tutors—He Shao as Grand Tutor, Wang Rong as Grand Mentor, Yang Ji as Grand Guardian, Pei Kai as Junior Tutor, Zhang Hua as Junior Mentor, and He Qiao as Junior Guardian.

於是使太保衛瓘息庭、司空泰息略、太子太傅楊濟息毖、太子少師裴楷息憲、太子少傅張華息禕、尚書令華暠息恆與太子游處，以相輔導焉。 Thereupon Wei Guan's son Ting, Director of Works Tai's son Lue, Yang Ji's son Bi, Pei Kai's son Xian, Zhang Hua's son Yi, and Hua Gao's son Heng were sent to keep company with the crown prince and guide him.

Book of Jin, Chapter 93Volume 93 Biographies 63: Imperial Affines · 1 passage

琇與裴楷後至，曰：「杜元凱乃復以連榻而坐客邪？」 Yang Xiu and Pei Kai arrived late and said, ‘Is Du Yu really receiving guests sprawled on shared couches like this?’

Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage

昉常歎曰：「知我亦以叔則，不知我亦以叔則。」 Fang often sighed, "Those who know me know me by Uncle Ze; those who do not know me also know me by Uncle Ze."

Book of Song, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi · 1 passage

能夷異如裴楷，處逼如裴遐，可稱深士乎。 To treat the strange as calmly as Pei Kai, to meet coercion as steadily as Pei Xia—can one be called a man of depth?

Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage

漢則馬遷、蕭望，晉則裴楷、張華，雞樹騰聲，鵷池播美，望我清塵，悠然路絕。 Han had Sima Qian and Xiao Wangzhi; Jin had Pei Kai and Zhang Hua—your fame resounds like the rooster tree and spreads like the egret pool; looking toward my humble trail, the road between us is impossibly far.