Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member

Zhou Hongrang 周弘讓

Attested AD 520 - AD 589

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Hongrang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 589 undated Chen-dynasty biography collation lemma
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 16, passage 250
AD 545 to AD 546 大同末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 24, passage 59
AD 560 天嘉初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 100
AD 520 to AD 531 梁普通至中大通
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 24, passage 9
AD 548 梁武帝納侯景
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 24, passage 60
AD 552 王僧辯之討侯景
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 24, passage 64

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AD 559 高祖崩
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 16, passage 189

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Zhou Hongzheng (周弘正)
brother 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Hongrang 弘讓 · Uncertain siblings
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Chen 16, passages 189, 250; Book of Chen 24, passages 9, 59, 99
Sibling of Zhou Hongzhi (周弘直)
brothers 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 24, passages 9, 59, 61, 99
Child of Zhou Baoshi (周寶始)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 24, passages 8-9
Child of Mother of Zhou Hongzheng (周弘正母)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 24, passages 9, 19

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
AD 560 天嘉初 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 100
Minister of Ceremonies 太常卿
AD 560 天嘉初 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 100
Central Palace Attendant 中庶
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 16, passage 250
golden seal and purple ribbon 金章紫綬
AD 560 天嘉初 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 100
Held
Commoner
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 100

Places and affiliations

Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 100

Events and relationships

Broke out to welcome Wang Sengbian army with Hongzheng
AD 552 王僧辯之討侯景 · Military · Participant · With Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 24, passage 64
Raised by
Fostering · Ward · With Zhou She (周捨)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passages 9, 11

Assessments and attributes

plain and simple by nature; broadly learned
Character
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 100

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 16Volume 16: Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi · 2 passages

及中庶諸通袁樞、張種、周弘正、弘讓、沈炯、孔奐[12]。」 [12] and the household tutors and general attendants Yuan Shu, Zhang Zhong, Zhou Hongzheng, Hongrang, Shen Jiong, and Kong Huan."

及中庶諸通袁樞張種周弘正弘讓沈炯孔奐據各本改。 On "and the Central Palace Attendants Zhu Tong, Yuan Shu, Zhang Zhong, Zhou Hongzheng, Hongrang, Shen Jiong, and Kong Huan": emended according to all editions.

Book of Chen, Chapter 24Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian · 6 passages

弘正幼孤，及弟弘讓、弘直，俱為 Hongzheng was orphaned young. He and his younger brothers Hongrang and Hongzhi were all

大同末，嘗謂弟弘讓曰：「國家厄運，數年當有兵起，吾與汝不知何所逃之。」 Near the end of Datong he once told his younger brother Hongrang, "The state's fortune is ill. In a few years war will rise—we do not know where we shall flee."

及梁武帝納侯景，弘正謂弘讓曰：「亂階此矣。」 When Emperor Wu of Liang received Hou Jing, Hongzheng told Hongrang, "The stair of disorder starts here."

王僧辯之討侯景也，弘正與弘讓自拔迎軍，僧辯得之甚喜，即日啟元帝，元帝手書與弘正曰：「獯醜逆亂，寒暑亟離，海內相識，零落略盡。 When Wang Sengbian campaigned against Hou Jing, Hongzheng and Hongrang broke out on their own to welcome his army. Sengbian was greatly pleased and that day reported to Emperor Yuan. Emperor Yuan wrote Hongzheng in his own hand: "The savage rebel has torn cold from heat again and again; acquaintances within the seas are nearly all gone.

弘正二弟：弘讓，弘直。 Hongzheng had two younger brothers: Hongrang and Hongzhi.

弘讓性簡素，博學多通，天嘉初，以白衣領太常卿、光祿大夫，加金章紫綬。 Hongrang was plain and simple by nature, broadly learned and master of many subjects. In the first year of Tianjia (560), though a commoner, he held the posts of minister of ceremonies and grand master of splendid happiness, with golden seal and purple ribbon.