Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Filial Exemplar

Xue Tiansheng 薛天生

Xuē Tiānshēng

Attested AD 479 - AD 502

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xue Tiansheng was a Filial Exemplar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 502 南齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 54

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Xue Tiansheng (天生母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 54
Sibling of Younger Brother of Xue Tiansheng (天生弟)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 55

Events and relationships

Abstained from fish and meat for life after his mother died during mourning
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 54

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

同郡薛天生，母遭艱菜食，天生亦菜食，母未免喪而死，天生終身不食魚肉。 In the same commandery, Xue Tiansheng's mother ate only vegetables while in mourning, and he did the same. She died before the mourning period ended, and he never ate fish or meat again as long as he lived.