Dates uncertain · Attendant

A the charioteer

Attested BC 179 - BC 117

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify A the charioteer as an attendant and named individual. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal A the charioteer
Personal name A
Descriptive kinship the charioteer A 阿為御

Identity

Historicity
Literary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Attendant
  • Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: composition context: Sima Xiangru's lifetime · Western Interval: Start: BC 179 · End: BC 117 · Qualitative: literary figure; interval describes composition context, not lifespan
    Strongly inferred · hanshu:066:s0087

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 66Volume 57a: Sima Xiangru · 1 passage