Overview
The translated histories identify Chiyou as a general, military officer, named individual, and rebel. This record brings together 11 passages from 10 chapters across 6 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Chiyou | 蚩尤 | Chīyóu |
| Personal name | Chiyou | 蚩尤 | Chiyou |
| Personal | Chiyou | 蚩尤 | |
| Personal | Chiyou | 蚩尤 | Chiyou |
| Personal name | Chiyou | 蚩尤 | Chīyóu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:001:s0084, hanshu:098:s0063, jiuwudaishi:147:s0180, liangshu:055:s0094, liaoshi:031:s0003, liaoshi:061:s0004
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:003:s0075
Roles
- General
- Military Officer
- Named Individual
- Rebel
- Ruler
- Tribal Leader
- Warlord
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · liaoshi:031:s0004
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Events and relationships
- Kind: legal-historical · Role: lawgiver · Action: established-five-cruel-punishmentsExplicit · jiuwudaishi:147:s0180
- Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: raised-disorder · Label: raised disorder / 作亂Explicit · liaoshi:031:s0003
- Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: raised-rebellionExplicit · liaoshi:061:s0004
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: invoked as the image of a storm-summoning rebel still present · Provenance: Mode: edict-metaphor · Speaker Person Id: Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0005, jiuwudaishi:010:s0010
- Item: ridge ornament image / chiwen / 蚩吻 · Relation: depicted-asExplicit · liaoshi:116:s0230
Source notes
- Historicity: legendary
References in the histories
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