Ancient China · Official

Chong

Dates uncertain

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Chong as an astronomer and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chong Chong
Personal Chong Chóng
Title Southern Corrector 南正

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Uncertain

Roles

  • Astronomer
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

  • Kinship Role: descendants · Quantity: unspecified · Note: Yao restored the descendants of Chong and Li
    Explicit · shiji:026:s0021

Career and standing

  • Label: official governing heaven and spirits / 司天以屬神
    Explicit · shiji:026:s0019
  • Label: Southern Corrector / 南正 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:026:s0019

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 2 passages