Overview
The translated histories identify Cai Zhi as a historian, official, and writer. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cai Zhi | 蔡质 | Cai Zhi |
| Surname | Cai | 蔡 | Cài |
| Personal name | Cai Zhi | 蔡质 | Cai Zhi |
| Personal | Cai Zhi | 蔡质 | Cài Zhì |
| Given | Zhi | 质 | Zhì |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:126:s0249
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0288
Roles
- Historian
- Official
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 汉 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 220Strongly inferred · houhanshu:126:s0249, houhanshu:126:s0260, houhanshu:126:s0263, houhanshu:126:s0268
- Source Date: Text: 蔡质汉仪 · Western Interval: Start: AD 168 · End: AD 189Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0288
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: lived-underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:126:s0288
Works and attributed material
- Work: Han Ceremonies / 汉仪 · Relation: authorExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0288
- Work: Han Ceremonies / 汉仪 · Role: authorExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0249
- Work: Han Ceremonies / 汉仪 · Relation: author
- Kind: document · Role: author · Work: Han Ceremonies / 汉仪 · Quoted: true
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0288
References in the histories
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