Overview
The translated histories identify Boya as a musician. This record brings together 5 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Boya | 伯牙 | Boya |
| Personal | Bo Ya | 牙 | Ya |
| Personal name | Boya | 牙 | |
| Personal name | Boya | 伯牙 | |
| Personal name | Boya | 伯牙 | Boya |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:098:s0102
Roles
- Musician
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · hanshu:098:s0102, liangshu:014:s0203
- Source Date: Text: 鐘期死，伯牙絕弦 · Western Year: BC 500Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0146
References in the histories
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