Sui and Tang · Official and Calligrapher

Zhong Shaojing 鐘紹京

Attested AD 690 - AD 727

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhong Shaojing was an official and Calligrapher.

Life and dates

Death

Died in office of natural causes · Age Note past eighty
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 56

Attested activity

AD 727 十五年入朝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 52
AD 707 to AD 710 景龍中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 121, passage 44
AD 690 to AD 705 武後時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 121, passage 43

Career and standing

Director of the Secretariat 中書令
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 46
Director of the Imperial Parks 苑總監
AD 707 to AD 710 景龍中 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 44
Grand Tutor of the Heir Apparent 太子太傅
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 58
Duke of Yue 越國公
Granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 46

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 121, passage 41
At Gan in Qianzhou 虔州贛
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 41

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy 書 · Level renowned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passages 42-43

Assessments and attributes

Item calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, and Chu Suiliang 王義之、獻之、褚遂良真跡 · Relation Collected
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 57

References in the histories

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History

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 8 passages

劉鍾崔二王 Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the two Wangs

◎劉鐘崔二王 ◎ Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the two Wangs

鐘紹京，虔州贛人。 Zhong Shaojing came from Gan in Qianzhou.

景龍中，為苑總監，會討韋氏難，紹京帥戶奴、丁夫從。 During Jinglong he directed the imperial parks; when forces moved against the Wei clan, he led household servants and laborers into the fight.

明日，進中書令、越國公，實封五百戶，賚賜與劉幽求等。 The next day he became Director of the Secretariat and Duke of Yue with five hundred fief households, receiving rewards equal to Liu Youqiu's.

不為姚祟所喜，與幽求並以怨望得罪，貶果州刺史，賜封邑百戶。 Disliked by Yao Chong, he and Youqiu were alike punished for discontent and demoted; Shaojing became prefect of Guo with a nominal fief of one hundred households.

紹京嗜書畫，如王義之、獻之、褚遂良真跡，藏家者至數十百卷。 Shaojing loved calligraphy and painting; households that owned authentic pieces by Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, or Chu Suiliang might hold dozens or even hundreds of scrolls.

贊曰：幽求之謀，紹京之果，日用之智，琚之辯，皆足濟危紓難，方多故時，必資以成功者也。 The commentator says: Youqiu's plots, Shaojing's boldness, Riyong's wit, and Ju's eloquence all availed in crisis; in troubled times such gifts win the day.