Xie Zhan 謝瞻

Other names

Family

• Kin of Xie Hun (謝混)
  clansman uncle 族叔
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 27
• Kin of Lady Liu (叔母劉)
  paternal aunt by marriage 叔母 · paternal line · Through Father of Xie Zhan (謝瞻之父), Paternal Uncle of Xie Zhan
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 5
• Sibling of Xie Yao (謝曜)
  brother and family outing companion · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Song 56, passage 32
• Sibling of Xie Hui (謝晦)
  elder brother / younger brother 兄 / 弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passages 2, 8
• Child of Father of Xie Zhan (謝瞻之父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passages 5, 12
• Sibling of Xie Jiao (謝㬭)
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 35
• Kin of Xie Lingyun (謝靈運)
  younger clansman 族弟
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 27

Career and standing

• Administrator of Wuxing Commandery 吳興郡
  Appointed then declined
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 16
• Administrator of Yuzhang 豫章太守
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 16
• Chief Clerk of the Jianwei command 建威長史
  Appointed · With Xiao Sihua (蕭思話)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 6
• Held successively
  Labels staff officer to Emperor Gaozu's Zhenjun Army 高祖鎮軍參軍, staff officer to the Prince of Langye as Grand Marshal 琅邪王大司馬參軍, Chief Clerk 主簿, Administrator of Ancheng 安成相, Gentleman of the Palace Secretariat 中書侍郎, Secretariat Gentleman of the Song state 宋國中書侍郎, Yellow Gate Gentleman of the Song state 宋國黃門侍郎, Attendant of the Chancellor of State 相國從事中郎
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 7
• Held
  Labels staff officer under Huan Wei in the Anxi command 桓偉安西參軍, Secretary Gentleman in the Chu court 楚台秘書郎
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 4
• Refused treatment
  AD 421 永初二年 · Illness
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 19

Places and affiliations

• At Yangxia in Chen Commandery 陳郡陽夏
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 2
• At former residence of Yang Ben 羊賁故第 · Relation Lodged at
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 22

Learning and skills

• Skill literary composition 文章 · Level excellent
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 27
• Skill literary composition 屬文 · Level precocious
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 3

Works and attributed material

• In Praise of Amethyst Quartz 紫石英贊
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 3
• The Guoran Poem 果然詩
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 3
• Admonition · Speaker · With Xie Hui (謝晦) · Mode direct-speech Speaker Xie Zhan (謝瞻)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passages 9-11
• Deathbed letter · Author · With Xie Hui (謝晦) · Mode quoted-document Speaker Xie Zhan (謝瞻)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passages 24-25
• Petition · Speaker · With Liu Yu (劉裕) · Topic request to demote Xie Hui · Mode direct-speech Speaker Xie Zhan (謝瞻)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passages 12-15
• Statement · Speaker · Topic refusal to lodge in Yang Ben's former residence · Mode direct-speech Speaker Xie Zhan (謝瞻)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 23

Events and relationships

• Checked Xie Lingyun's habit of judging people by alluding to criticism of Lingyun's father
  Social · With Xie Lingyun (謝靈運)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passages 32-34
• Publicly repeated Xie Hui's court secrets as jokes to stop further disclosures
  Political · With Xie Hui (謝晦)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 17
• Raised by
  Family care · Recipient · With Lady Liu (叔母劉)
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 5

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment Gifted writers of the time marveled at his childhood compositions. · Mode historian-report
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 3
• Assessment His brilliant diction rivaled Xie Hun and Xie Lingyun. · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 27