Overview
The translated histories identify Cangjie as an inventor, named individual, and scholar. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cangjie | 倉頡 | Cangjie |
| Personal name | Cangjie | 蒼頡 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jinshi:035:s0194
Roles
- Inventor
- Named Individual
- Scholar
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · jinshi:035:s0194, qingshigao:450:s0154
- Source Date: Text: 明昌五年 · Western Year: AD 1194Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:035:s0194
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · jinshi:035:s0194
References in the histories
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