Zhen Tian 甄恬

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Zhen Qinzhi (甄欽之)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 125
• Child of Zhen Biaozhi (甄標之)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 126
• Child of Mother of Zhen Tian (甄恬母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 129-130

Career and standing

• acting staff officer on the Pacifying South staff 安南行參軍
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 139
• gate and lane marked; rank granted 旌表室閭，加以爵位
  Granted
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 138

Places and affiliations

• Liang
  Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 47, passage 139
• At Wuji in Zhongshan 中山無極
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 124
• At Jiangling 江陵 · Relation Ancestral home
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 124

Works and attributed material

• Edict · Subject · Speaker Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 47, passages 134-138

Events and relationships

• Hutted by tomb; birds answered weeping; white sparrow roosted
  Ritual · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 131-132
• Mourned father with adult grief as a small child
  Ritual · Mourner
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 127-128
• Saw father's likeness after weeping; deemed filial portent
  Omen · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passage 129

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment filial portent / extraordinary filiality · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 47, passages 129, 136