Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar and Hermit

Zong Bing 宗炳

Zōng Bǐng

Attested AD 420 - AD 445

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zong Bing was a scholar and Hermit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 420 to AD 445 慤年少時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 76, passage 44

Family

Kin of Zong Que (宗愨)
paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal line · Through Father of Zong Que (宗慤父)
Directly stated · Book of Song 76, passage 44
Sibling of Father of Zong Que (宗慤父)
paternal uncle 叔父 · Full siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 76, passage 44

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Song 76, passage 46

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 36: Zhu Xiuzhi, Zong Que, Wang Xuanmo · 4 passages

叔父炳，高尚不仕。 His uncle Bing was a man of lofty principle who refused public office.

慤年少時，炳問其志，慤曰：「願乘長風破萬里浪。」 When Que was still young, Bing asked what he hoped to achieve. Que answered, "I mean to ride the long wind and shatter waves ten thousand li away."

炳曰：「汝不富貴，即破我家矣。」 Bing replied, "Unless you win rank and riches, you will ruin our household."

時天下無事，士人並以文義為業，炳素高節，諸子羣從皆好學，而慤獨任氣好武，故不為鄉曲所稱。 The empire was then at peace and men of standing devoted themselves to letters. Bing and his kin were all devoted to study, but Que alone relied on brute courage and loved arms, and won no praise in his home district.