Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Xi Jian 郗鑒

Attested AD 317 - AD 339

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xi Jian was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 317 to AD 339 晉氏喪亂，播遷江左
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 177

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177

Works and attributed material

Historian comment · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177

Events and relationships

resisted the enemy to guard the altars of state 抗敵以衛社稷
Military · Defender · Resisted enemy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177

Assessments and attributes

Assessment plain-clothed scholar of gentry repute who rose by merit to the highest offices · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 18Volume 18: Shen Zhong; Yuan Bi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi; Wei Zai · 1 passage

晉氏喪亂，播遷江左，顧榮、郗鑒之輩，溫嶠、謝玄之倫，莫非巾褐書生，搢紳素譽，抗敵以衛社稷，立勳而升台鼎。 When Jin collapsed and fled to the south, Gu Rong and Xi Jian, Wen Jiao and Xie Xuan, were scholar-gentry in plain dress who took up arms for the realm and by merit reached the highest posts.