Overview
Xie Xuan was a Cavalry General.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 376 to AD 396 太元中Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 4
- AD 383 少時隨謝玄討苻堅Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 169
- AD 383 晉氏喪亂，播遷江左Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 18, passage 177
- AD 420 永初元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passage 43
- AD 383 謝玄以步兵三千摧苻秦Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 112
- AD 383 謝玄破苻堅Strongly inferred · History of Liao 104, passage 48
Key source chapters
- Book of Song, Chapter 55 Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long 2 passages
- Book of Chen, Chapter 18 Volume 18: Shen Zhong; Yuan Bi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi; Wei Zai 1 passage
- History of Liao, Chapter 104 Volume 104 Biographies 34: Literature 2 1 passage
- Book of Song, Chapter 3 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu 3 1 passage
- Book of Song, Chapter 49 Volume 49 Biographies 9: Sun Chu, Kuai En, Liu Zhong, Yu Qiujin 1 passage
Career and standing
- Cavalry General 車騎將軍HeldDirectly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 43
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177; Book of Song 49, passage 169
- Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 112
Works and attributed material
- Historian comment · Subject · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177
Events and relationships
- Crushed Former Qin with three thousand infantryMilitary · CommanderDirectly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 112
- resisted the enemy to guard the altars of state 抗敵以衛社稷Military · Defender · Resisted enemy · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177
- Routed Fu Jian with eight thousandDirectly stated · History of Liao 104, passage 48
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment plain-clothed scholar of gentry repute who rose by merit to the highest offices · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 177
References in the histories
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