Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Statesman and Ancestor of Xie Lan

Xie An 謝安

Attested AD 317 - AD 420

Passages: 9
Chapters: 8
Histories: 6

Overview

Xie An was a statesman and Ancestor of Xie Lan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 376 to AD 396 太元中
Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 4
AD 383 昔苻堅以百萬眾侵晉，而謝安以偏師破之
Directly stated · History of Song 359, passage 16
AD 317 to AD 420 晉世
Directly stated · Book of Chen 36, passage 44
AD 320 to AD 385 晉太傅安
Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 254
AD 317 to AD 420 東晉
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 62
AD 420 永初元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passage 43

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AD 360 to AD 385 謝安之論京師
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 295
AD 360 to AD 385 謝安執政
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 117, passage 115

Family

Ancestor of Xie Lan (謝藺)
paternal line · 8 generations
eighth-generation descendant 八世孫 · paternal line · 8 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 254
Ancestor of Xie Zhen (謝貞)
ninth-generation descendant 九世孫 · paternal line · 9 generations
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 62

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Tutor 太傅
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 254; Book of Song 3, passage 43

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 295
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 254
Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 62; Book of Chen 36, passages 44, 75; Book of Jin 117, passage 115
At Meiling 梅嶺 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Book of Chen 36, passage 44

Works and attributed material

Argument · Speaker · Paraphrased · At the capital 京師 · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 295

Events and relationships

Argued over the capital
Political · Speaker · At the capital 京師
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 295
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Fu Jian (苻堅)
Directly stated · History of Song 359, passage 16

References in the histories

Search passages

History

9 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 32Volume 32: Filial Piety · 1 passage

謝貞字元正，陳郡陽夏人，晉太傅安九世孫也。 Xie Zhen, styled Yuanzheng, was from Yangxia in Chen commandery, ninth-generation descendant of Jin grand tutor An.

Book of Chen, Chapter 36Volume 36: Chen Shuling, Prince of Shixing; Chen Bogu, Prince of Xin'an · 2 passages

晉世王公貴人，多葬梅嶺，及彭卒，叔陵啟求於梅嶺葬之，乃發故太傅謝安舊墓，棄去安柩，以葬其母。 In Jin many nobles were buried at Meiling; when Peng died Shuling asked to bury her there, opened Grand Tutor Xie An's old tomb, cast out An's coffin, and laid his mother in the grave.

謝太傅晉朝佐命，草創江左，斲棺露骸，事驚聽視。 Grand Tutor Xie had aided Jin in founding the realm and shaping the southeast; to break open his coffin and bare his bones horrified all who heard.

Book of Jin, Chapter 117Volume 117 Records 17: Yao Xing Part One · 1 passage

自桓溫、謝安已後，未見寬猛之中。」 Since Huan Wen and Xie An, no ruler has balanced firm and mild rule."

Book of Liang, Chapter 47Volume 47: Filial Acts · 1 passage

晉太傅安八世孫。 He was eighth-generation descendant of Jin Grand Tutor An.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen · 1 passage

是以崔琰之譏魏武，謝安之論京師。 That is why Cui Yan reproached Cao Cao, and Xie An argued over the capital.

History of Song, Chapter 359Volume 359 Biographies 118: Li Gang 2 · 1 passage

昔苻堅以百萬眾侵晉，而謝安以偏師破之。 In the past Fu Jian invaded Jin with a million men, yet Xie An defeated him with a detached column.

Book of Song, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu 3 · 1 passage

始安公封荔浦縣侯，長沙公封醴陵縣侯，康樂公可即封縣侯，各五百戶：以奉晉故丞相王導、太傅謝安、大將軍溫嶠、大司馬陶侃、車騎將軍謝玄之祀。 the Duke of Shi'an enfeoffed as Marquis of Lipu County, the Duke of Changsha as Marquis of Liling County, the Duke of Kangle immediately enfeoffed as county marquis, each with five hundred households—to maintain the sacrifices to former Jin Chancellor Wang Dao, Grand Tutor Xie An, Grand General Wen Qiao, Grand Marshal Tao Kan, and Cavalry General Xie Xuan.

Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage

晉孝武帝太元中，衛將軍謝安始立國學，徐、兗二州刺史謝玄舉燾為助教。 During the Taixuan reign of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin, Defender-General Xie An founded the National Academy for the first time, and Xie Xuan, inspector of Xu and Yan, recommended Dao to serve as an assistant instructor.