Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Xie Ying 謝瑛

Xiè Yīng

Attested AD 421

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xie Ying was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Died young.
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 29

Attested activity

AD 421 永初二年 retrospective context
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 56, passages 19, 28

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xie Lingyun (謝靈運)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 28

Career and standing

Secretary Gentleman 秘書郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 29

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had no particular talent · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 28

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 16: Xie Zhan, Kong Linzhi · 3 passages

靈運父瑛，無才能。 Lingyun's father Ying was a man of no particular talent.

為秘書郎，早年而亡。 He had served as secretary gentleman and died young.

靈運登車，便商較人物，瞻謂之曰：「秘書早亡，談者亦互有同異。」 The moment Lingyun got into the carriage he began ranking people's merits and faults. Zhan said to him, "The secretary gentleman died young, and even those who speak of him disagree among themselves."