Overview
The translated histories identify Fa Zhen as a hermit, scholar, and teacher. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Fa Zhen | 法真 | Fa Zhen |
| Surname | Fa | 法 | Fa |
| Personal name | Fa Zhen | 法真 | Fa Zhen |
| Courtesy name | Gaoqing | 高卿 | Gaoqing |
| Title | Master Profound Virtue | 玄德先生 | |
| Given | Zhen | 真 | Zhen |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0323
Roles
- Hermit
- Scholar
- Teacher
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: natural lifespan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中平五年 · Western Year: AD 188Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0343
Age
- Age: 89 · Reckoning: stated · Statement: 年八十九Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0343
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中平五年 · Western Year: AD 188Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0343
- Source Date: Text: 顺帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 125 · End: AD 144Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:094:s0337, houhanshu:094:s0338
Family
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- Child of Fa Xiong (法雄)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parentage: biological
- Kinship Role: disciples · Statement: 数百人 · Quantity: several hundredExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0325
Career and standing
- Label: great scholar west of the pass / 关西大儒Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0324
- Title: Master Profound Virtue / 玄德先生 · Action: bestowedExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0342
Places and affiliations
- Place: Mei in Fufeng / 扶风郿Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0323
Learning and skills
- Label: inner and outer chart-canons / 内外图典Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0324
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Events and relationships
- Kind: withdrawal · Role: agent · Action: deeply-hid-and-never-submittedExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0340
- Kind: summons · Role: invitee · Action: refused-duke-office-and-worthy-goodExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0333
- Kind: audience · Role: visitor · Action: visited-prefect-in-plain-headcloth-refused-merit-clerk
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Fan Ran (范冉)Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0325
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: teacher-for-a-hundred-generations · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Guo Zheng (郭正)Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0341
- Kind: temperament · Statement: quiet, tranquil, few desires; did not mingle in human affairsExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0326
References in the histories
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