Zhai Pulin 翟普林

Other names

Family

• Child of Father of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 195, 197-198
• Child of Mother of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 195, 197-198

Career and standing

• farmer 躬耕
  Worked personally to support his parents
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 196
• Magistrate of Xiaoyang 孝陽令
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 202
• Repeatedly declined all commandery and prefectural summons
  Office refusal
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 196

Places and affiliations

• At Chuqiu 楚丘 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 194

Events and relationships

• Mourning · Mourner · With Father of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之父), Mother of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之母) · Actions grieved nearly to death, lived in a hut beside the tomb, carried earth to build the mound, wore only a single mourning garment in winter
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 198-199
• Filial care · Caregiver · With Father of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之父), Mother of Zhai Pulin (翟普林之母) · Actions personally tended their bedding during illness, did not change his clothes for seventy days
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 197
• Filial omen · Subject · Omens the family black dog followed him to the tomb and howled when he mourned, two magpies nested by and entered his hut without fear
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 200-201

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment benevolent and filial, renowned for serving his parents · Mode historian-narrative
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 195