Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Palace Attendant

Xie Fangming 謝方明

Attested AD 422

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xie Fangming was a Palace Attendant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 422 永初三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passage 171

Events and relationships

Reported illness to temple
Ritual · Envoy · With Liu Yu (劉裕)
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 171

References in the histories

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

羣臣請祈禱神祇，上不許，唯使侍中謝方明以疾告廟而巳。 The hundred officials requested prayer and supplication to the spirits; the emperor did not permit it, only sending Palace Attendant Xie Fangming to report the illness to the ancestral temple and no more.