Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Sima Zichan 子產

Attested AD 502 - AD 549

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sima Zichan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 502 to AD 549 梁武帝朝
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 118

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Sima Hao (司馬暠)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 118
Kin of Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)
maternal elder brother 外兄 · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 118

Career and standing

minister of the water bureau / administrator of Yueyang 尚書水部侍郎、岳陽太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 118

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 32Volume 32: Filial Piety · 3 passages

父子產，梁尚書水部侍郎、岳陽太守，即梁武帝之外兄也。 His father Zichan had been Liang minister of the masters of writing for the water bureau and administrator of Yueyang—the maternal elder brother of Emperor Wu of Liang.

父子產每曉喻之，逼進饘粥，然毀瘠骨立。 His father Zichan urged him repeatedly and forced gruel on him, yet he was wasted to the bone.

服闋，以姻戚子弟，預入問訊，梁武帝見暠羸瘦，歎息良久，謂其父子產曰； When mourning ended he entered audience as a kinsman by marriage. Emperor Wu of Liang saw how thin Hao was, sighed long, and said to Zichan: