Overview
The translated histories identify An Qisheng as a named individual, strategist, student, and teacher. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodQin and Han
Found inRecords of the Grand Historian
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | An Qisheng | 安期生 | An Qisheng |
| Personal name | An Qisheng | 安期生 | An Qisheng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:080:s0121
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:094:s0092
Roles
- Named Individual
- Strategist
- Student
- Teacher
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 安期生嘗干項羽 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 202Explicit event contextual date · shiji:094:s0092, shiji:094:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 河上丈人教安期生 · Western Year: BC 210Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0121
Career and standing
- Status: refused-enfeoffment · Action: refusedExplicit · shiji:094:s0093
Places and affiliations
- Place: Qi / 齊Explicit · shiji:094:s0092
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: offered-strategies-to-Xiang-Yu-refused-enfeoffment · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽)Explicit · shiji:094:s0092, shiji:094:s0093
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Mao Xigong (毛翕公)Explicit · shiji:080:s0121
References in the histories
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