Overview
The translated histories identify Elai as a named individual and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodAncient China
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Elai | 惡來 | Èlái |
| Personal | E Lai | 惡來 | |
| Personal | E Lai | 惡來 | E Lai |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liaoshi:099:s0101, shiji:003:s0198
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:013:s109
Roles
- Named Individual
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · liaoshi:099:s0101
- Source Date: Text: 惡來，助紂 · Western Year: BC 1046Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s109
- Source Date: Text: 惡來 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1075 · End: BC 1046Explicit event contextual date · shiji:003:s0198
Family
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- Child of Fei Lian (飛廉)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
Events and relationships
- Explicit · shiji:013:s109
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · liaoshi:099:s0101
References in the histories
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