Sui and Tang · Astronomer and Writer

Dan Yuanzi 丹元子

Dān Yuánzǐ

Attested AD 581 - AD 618

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Overview

The translated histories identify Dan Yuanzi as an astronomer, poet, and writer. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Dan Yuanzi 丹元子 Dān Yuánzǐ
Personal name Dan Yuanzi 丹元子 Dān Yuánzǐ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Astronomer
  • Poet
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618

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Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: scholarly · Role: author · Action: composed-star-song · Outcome: 1,467 stars across Three Enclosures and twenty-eight mansions / 三垣二十八宿,共一千四百六十七星

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 28Volume 28 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3, Sun, Moon, and the Five Planets, Fixed Stars, Yellow and Red Paths, the Twelve Stations, and Lunar Lodges, Hun Dan Zhong Xing · 1 passage