Xiàozǐ Zhuàn 孝子傳 (Wáng Sháozhī)
Biographies of Filial Sons, by Wang Shaozhi by 王韶之
About the work
Xiàozǐ Zhuàn 孝子傳 by Wáng Sháozhī 王韶之 is a jíyìběn reconstruction of a collection of filial son biographies compiled by the Liú-Sòng historian-official Wáng Sháozhī, who also compiled the Jìn Āndì Qǐjūzhù 晉安帝起居注 and other historical works. The surviving fragments record exemplary tales of filial devotion.
Tiyao
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Abstract
Wáng Sháozhī (styled Tàiyuán 泰元) was a Liú-Sòng historian who served as a court diarist and compiler. His historical works are otherwise lost; the Xiàozǐ Zhuàn fragments represent one of the few surviving testimonies to his scholarly activity. The fragments include tales of filial children recognized by the state for their devotion, as well as supernatural events triggered by extreme filial grief. They were recovered from Táng and Sòng encyclopedic sources. The text was lost after the Táng.
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