Ping Jian 平鑒

Other names

Family

• Spouse of Lady Liu (劉氏)
  beloved concubine 愛妾 · Ended
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passages 91-92
• Child of Ping Sheng (平勝)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 69

Career and standing

• director of the masters of writing in the imperial punishments bureau 都官尚書令
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 96
• general who pacifies the army 撫軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 78
• inspector of Qi Province 齊州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 94
• inspector of Xiang Province 襄州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 78
• staff officer of the vanguard 參軍前鋒
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 77
• western campaign general 征西
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 83

Places and affiliations

• At Ji in Yan Commandery 燕郡薊
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 68
• AD 525 to AD 527 孝昌末
  At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Traveled to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 72
• At Jinyang 晉陽 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 76

Learning and skills

• Teacher Person Id Xu Zunming (徐遵明) · did not pursue textual glosses
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 71
• Belief Confucian learning 儒業 · Relation Honored
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 71
• Skill painting 畫 · Level practiced-for-livelihood
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 73

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passages 74-75, 92-93

Events and relationships

• Built city on old Zhi Road; prayed at well; defeated Western Wei attack
  AD 535 to AD 550 西魏來攻 · Military · Defender
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 26, passages 85-86, 89-90
• Came over to Gao Huan at Xindu
  Political · Defector · With Gao Huan (高歡)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 79
• Sent Lady Liu to He Shikai and received Qi Province
  AD 565 to AD 571 和士開以佞幸 · Political · Yielded · With He Shikai (和士開)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 26, passages 91, 94
• Served Erzhu Rong; first to charge at Gong and Mi
  Military · Vanguard · With Erzhu Rong (尒朱榮)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passages 76-77
• Relation Friend of · Person Murong Yan (慕容儼)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 72

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment wherever he served, officials missed him and steles praised his virtue · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 95

Source notes

• governed eight provinces in all and twice held Huai Province
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 26, passage 95