Xue Jun 薛濬

Other names

Family

• Child of Xue Yan (薛琰)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 66-67
• Child of Mother of Xue Jun (薛濬之母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 67, 72-74
• Parent of Xue Qianfu (薛乾福)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 111
• Sibling of Xue Mo (薛謨)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 81, 87
• Kin of Xue Zhou (薛胄)
  younger cousin 從祖弟
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 65

Career and standing

• magistrate of Xinfeng 新豐令
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 70
• Senior Clerk of the Remonstrance Bureau 納言上士
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 70
• Vice Director of the Parks Office in the Secretariat 尚書虞部侍郎
  AD 581 to AD 600 開皇初 · Promoted
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 71
• Vice Director of the Bureau of Evaluations 考功侍郎
  Transferred
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 71, 96
• imperial gifts for filial devotion to his elderly mother 賜輿服機杖，四時珍味
  Occasioned · Authority Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝) · Recipient Mother of Xue Jun (薛濬之母)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 72
• imperial patent, condolence sacrifice, and increased offerings 冊書弔祭、奠酹有加
  Received posthumously · Authority Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 96, 99-100

Places and affiliations

• At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Traveled to seek teacher
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 68

Learning and skills

• Subject learning 學 · Relation Loved from childhood
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 68
• Subject classics 經業 · Teacher Person Id He Tuo (何妥) · Relation Studied
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 69

Works and attributed material

• Farewell letter · Author · With Xue Mo (薛謨) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Xue Jun (薛濬)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 81-95
• Historian comment · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 255-256
• Petitions · Author · Purpose requested completion of full mourning period · Outcome Denied
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 77

Events and relationships

• As a boy saw a yellow serpent with horns and feet that no other children could see
  Omen · Witness · Mode historian-narrative
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 103-105
• Became unrecognizably haggard while his mother was ill
  Medical and mourning · Son · With Mother of Xue Jun (薛濬之母)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 73
• Carried earth to build tomb nearly ruining health
  Ritual · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 255-256
• Lost his father in childhood
  Bereavement · Son · With Xue Yan (薛琰)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 67
• Reported childhood hardship, poverty, early orphanhood, determined study, and twenty three years of court service
  Life history · Self reporter · Mode self-report Source Person Id Xue Jun (薛濬)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 82-85
• Reported that he and his brother were forced to abandon mourning
  Mourning · Self reporter · With Xue Mo (薛謨) · Mode self-report Source Person Id Xue Jun (薛濬)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 87-88

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment his grief and emaciation moved Gaozu and the court · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 78-79
• Assessment pure and frugal by nature · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 102
• Assessment renowned for filial support of his mother · Mode contemporary-reputation
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 67
• Assessment though violating measured norms of former kings, excess reveals humanity · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 255-256
• pledged himself to his sovereign as to mountains and rivers
  Commitment · 身誓山河
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 255
• fell mortally ill because he could not survive his grief
  Health
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 80

Source notes

• an unnamed foreign monk predicted early fame and office and a lifespan not exceeding six times seven years
  Prophecy · Outcome Fulfilled at age forty two · Mode prophecy Source Role unnamed foreign monk
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 107-110