Xie Zong (謝綜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xie Zong was an official and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 445 並伏誅
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 69, passage 340
AD 440 to AD 453 謝綜
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 173

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Maternal uncle of Xie Zong (謝綜舅)
maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line · Through Mother of Xie Zong (謝綜母)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 173
Child of Xie Shu (謝述)
father of Xie Zong 綜父
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passage 160
Child of Elder Sister of Fan Ye (范曄姊)
mother of Xie Zong 綜母
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passage 328
Child of Mother of Xie Zong (謝綜母)
mother 母 · maternal line
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 173
Sibling of Xie Wei (謝緯)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passage 342
Sibling of Xie Yue (謝約)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passage 160

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Recording Clerk Staff Officer to the Grand General 大將軍記室參軍
Served as
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passage 150

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 173

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy 書
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 173

Events and relationships

Helped connect Kong Xixian with Fan Ye and the Yikang faction
Political · Conspirator
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passages 134-137, 150-151, 160

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 14: Wang Sengqian, Zhang Xu · 1 passage

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謝綜書，其舅云『緊生起，是得賞也，恨少媚好』。 On Xie Zong's writing his uncle said, "He is tightening up—that wins praise—but alas, too little sweetness."

Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 26 passages

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曄外甥謝綜，雅為曄所知，熙先嘗經相識，乃傾身事綜，與之結厚。 Ye's nephew Xie Zong, his sister's son, was highly regarded by him. Xixian had met Zong before and therefore devoted himself to Zong and formed a close bond with him.

熙先藉嶺南遺財，家甚富足，始與綜諸弟共博，故為拙行，以物輸之。 Xixian, wealthy from his family's Lingnan fortune, began gambling with Zong and his younger brothers, deliberately playing poorly and losing goods to them.

綜等諸年少，既屢得物，遂日夕往來，情意稍款。 The young men, having repeatedly won goods from him, began visiting morning and evening, and their affection gradually warmed.

綜乃引熙先與曄為數，曄又與戲，熙先故為不敵，前後輸曄物甚多。 Zong then introduced Xixian to gamble with Ye; Ye joined in as well, and Xixian deliberately lost, giving Ye a great many goods over time.

綜為義康大將軍記室參軍，隨鎮豫章。 Zong served as Recording Clerk Staff Officer on Yikang's staff as Grand General and accompanied him to his garrison at Yuzhang.

綜還，申義康意於曄，求解晚隙，復敦往好。 When Zong returned, he conveyed Yikang's wish to Ye to heal their late estrangement and restore their former closeness.

綜父述亦為義康所遇，綜弟約又是義康女夫，故太祖使綜隨從南上，既為熙先所獎說，亦有酬報之心。 Xie Zong's father Xie Shu had also been favored by Yikang, and Zong's younger brother Xie Yue was Yikang's son-in-law; Taizu therefore sent Zong south with Yikang. Having been won over by Xixian, Zong too harbored a wish to repay old kindness.

近員外散騎侍郎孔熙先忽令大將軍府吏仲承祖騰曄及謝綜等意，欲收合不逞，規有所建。 Recently the Supernumerary Attendant Cavalier Kong Xixian suddenly sent the Grand General's office clerk Zhong Chengzu to convey the intentions of Ye and Xie Zong—they wished to gather the unruly and plot some undertaking.

先已於外收綜及熙先兄弟，竝皆款服。 The authorities had already arrested Xie Zong and Kong Xixian's brothers outside—all had fully confessed.

上重遣問曰：「卿與謝綜、徐湛之、孔熙先謀逆，竝已答款，猶尚未死，徵據見存，何不依實。」 The Emperor sent again to ask: "You plotted rebellion with Xie Zong, Xu Zhanzhi, and Kong Xixian—all have confessed, are not yet dead, and documentary evidence still exists. Why not speak according to the facts?"

曄在獄，與綜及熙先異處，乃稱疾求移考堂，欲近綜等。 Ye in prison was separately confined from Xie Zong and Kong Xixian; he feigned illness and requested transfer to the examination hall, wishing to be near Zong and the others.

見聽，與綜等果得隔壁。 Permission was granted, and Ye indeed obtained adjoining cells with Zong and the others.

遙問綜曰：「始被收時，疑誰所告？」 Ye called across to ask Zong: "When first arrested, whom did you suspect had informed?"

綜云：「不知。」 Zong said: "I do not know."

曄聞之驚喜，綜、熙先笑之曰：「詹事嘗共疇昔事時，無不攘袂瞋目。 Hearing this, Ye was startled and delighted. Xie Zong and Kong Xixian laughed and said: "When Fan Ye, the Chamberlain, was with us plotting those earlier affairs, never did he fail to roll up his sleeves and glare.

將出市，曄最在前，於獄門顧謂綜曰：「今日次第，當以位邪？」 When led out to execution, Ye was foremost. At the prison gate he looked back at Zong and said: "Today's order—should it follow rank?"

綜曰：「賊帥為先。」 Zong said: "The rebel chief goes first."

至市，問綜曰：「時欲至未？」 Reaching the market, he asked Zong: "Has the hour nearly come?"

綜曰：「勢不復久。」 Zong said: "It surely will not be long."

曄既食，又苦勸綜，綜曰：「此異病篤，何事強飯。」 After Ye had eaten, he earnestly urged Zong to eat. Zong said: "For this strange illness, what need to force food?"

曄問綜曰：「家人已來，幸得相見，將不暫別。」 Ye asked Zong, "My family has come. Since I have the chance to see them, should I not briefly say farewell?"

綜曰：「別與不別，亦何所存。 Zong said: "Farewell or not—what does it matter?

妹及妓妾來別，曄悲涕流漣，綜曰：「舅殊不同夏侯色。」 His sisters and concubines came to say farewell. Ye wept with tears streaming down. Zong said: "Uncle, you are nothing like Xiahou's composure."

曄語綜曰：「姊今不來，勝人多也。」 Ye said to Zong: "If my elder sister does not come today, that is better than a crowd of people."

曄及子藹、遙、叔蔞、孔熙先及弟休先、景先、思先、熙先子桂甫、桂甫子白民、謝綜及弟約、仲承祖、許耀，諸所連及，並伏誅。 Fan Ye and his sons Fan Ai, Fan Yao, and Fan Shulou; Kong Xixian and his younger brothers Kong Xiuxian, Kong Jingxian, and Kong Sixian; Xixian's son Kong Guifu and Guifu's son Kong Baimin; Xie Zong and his younger brother Xie Yue; Zhong Chengzu; and Xu Yao—all those implicated were put to death.

曄兄弟子父已亡者及謝綜弟緯，徙廣州。 The sons of Ye's brothers whose fathers were already dead, together with Xie Zong's younger brother Wei, were exiled to Guangzhou.