Shen Zhong (沈眾) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shen Zhong was an official and Scholar.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhongshi	仲師	Zhòngshī

Ordered suicide · At Wu 吳中 · Authority Chen Baxian (陳霸先)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 29

AD 548 to AD 552 侯景之亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passages 14-15
AD 558 永定二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 26
AD 555 紹泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 21
AD 558 詔中書令沈眾兼起部尚書
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 2, passage 130
AD 558 to AD 559 賜死時年五十六
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 29

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Shen Yue (沈約)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 5
Child of Shen Xuan (沈旋)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 6

concurrent Director of the Ministry that Raises Works 兼起部尚書
Appointed concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Chen 2, passage 130
Adviser to the Prince of Luling 驃騎廬陵王諮議參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 13
Censor-in-chief 御史中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 20
Director of the Secretariat 中書令
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 22
Grand arbiter of his native province 本州大中正
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 18
Household retainer in the heir's palace 太子中舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 12

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Household retainer to the heir apparent 太子中庶子
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 18
Household retainer to the heir apparent 太子舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 7
Left chief clerk to the minister of education 司徒左長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 19
Master of the left for the people 左民尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 21
Palace attendant 侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 21
Recorder to the Prince of Xiangdong 鎮南湘東王記室參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 11
Recorder to Xiao Daxin 限內記室參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 10
Registrar to the Prince of Nanping 鎮衛南平王法曹參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 7
Minister of works for construction 起部尚書
Concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 26
Regular attendant 散騎常侍
Concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 12
Director of the Central Secretariat 中書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 2, passage 130
Right commandant of the heir's guard 太子右衛率
Remotely appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 16
Imposed
Ordered to die · Authority Chen Baxian (陳霸先)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 29

Chen
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 22, 26
Liang
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 7-8
Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 2, passage 130
At Wukang in Wuxing 吳興武康
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 4
At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 18

Skill literary composition 文詞 · Level accomplished
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 7

Thousand-Character Poem 千字詩
Relation Commentator
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 8
Rhapsody on Bamboo 竹賦
Rhapsody · Author
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 9

Captured by
Captivity · Captive · At Western Wei 西魏
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 20
Embassy to
Diplomatic · Envoy · At Wei 魏
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 13
Escaped
Escape · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 20
Oversaw
Construction · Supervisor · At Hall of Supreme Ultimate 太極殿
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 26
Raised troops against
Military · Commander · With Hou Jing (侯景) · At Wuxing 吳興
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 14-15
Rebuild Taiji Hall
Construction · Director · At Hall of the Supreme Ultimate 太極殿
Directly stated · Book of Chen 2, passages 130, 145

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Slandered court
Political · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 28
Surrendered to
Military · Subject · With Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 17

Assessment mocked by court gentlemen for frugal dress and solitary meals · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 27
miserly; amassed huge wealth but lived frugally
Character
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passages 24-25