Xie Hongwei 謝弘微

Other names

Family

• Parent of Xie Zhuang (謝莊)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 15, passage 4; Book of Song 58, passage 110
• Ancestor of Xie Fei (謝朏)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 15, passage 4
• Descendant of Xie Shao (謝韶)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 22
• Child of Xie Jun (謝峻)
  adoptive father 嗣 · Adoptive parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 24, 29
• Kin of Xie Hun (謝混)
  adoptive uncle 所繼叔父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 27
• Sibling of Xie Yao (謝曜)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 55, 80
• Child of Xie Si (謝思)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 23
• Kin of Liu Tan (劉湛)
  maternal uncle's son 舅子 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 93
• Child of Mother of Xie Hongwei (謝弘微母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 165

• Kinship Role adoptive uncles' wives and aunts returned to the clan · Count 4 · 伯叔二母，歸宗兩姑
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 69

Career and standing

• Palace Attendant 侍中
  AD 429 元嘉六年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 82
• Palace Companion 中庶子
  AD 429 元嘉六年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 82
• Commander of the Heir Apparent's Right Guard 太子右衛率
  AD 431 元嘉八年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 87
• Palace Attendant of the Yellow Gates 黃門侍郎
  AD 424 太祖即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 167
• Literary Companion 文學
  AD 420 宋初 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 164
• Advising Military Assistant on the Western Pacification staff 鎮西諮議參軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 166

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 15, passage 4; Book of Song 58, passages 63, 167
• At Yangxia in Chen Commandery 陳郡陽夏
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 21
• Organization Five Ministers 五臣 · Relation Member of
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 167

Learning and skills

• Skill preparing fine meals 營膳羞 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 85

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · With Huilin (慧琳)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 77-78
• Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 99-101, 106

Events and relationships

• Joined the outings arranged to curb Xie Lingyun
  Social
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 32
• Mourned
  Mourning · Subject · With Xie Yao (謝曜)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 73
• Mourned
  Mourning · Subject · With Mother of Xie Hongwei (謝弘微母)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 165
• AD 432 元嘉九年
  Funeral · Mourner · With Princess Jinling (晉陵公主)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 102
• Household management · Manager · With Xie Hun (謝混)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 61, 64

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment Master Wei without fault; would reach chief minister by sixty · Mode named-speaker Speaker Xie Hun (謝混)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 46-47
• Assessment simple yet without loss, detached yet without dissipation; famed minister · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 153
• long frail; illness culminating in death
  Health
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 75, 87, 103
• Item two sealed letters of the Grand Ancestor 太祖手敕二封 · Relation Possessed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 106-107

Source notes

• From Mi 密 · To Hongwei 弘微 · Reason violated adoptive family taboo
  Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 25