Overview
The translated histories identify Fan A as a physician and student. This record brings together 5 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 | Fan A | 樊阿 | Fan A |
| Personal name | Fan A | 樊阿 | Fan A |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0184
Roles
- Physician
- Student
Life and dates
Age
- Age: over one hundred · Reckoning: Chinese years (寿百余岁)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0197
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 华佗行医之时（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 150 · End: AD 220
Places and affiliations
- Place: Pengcheng commandery / 彭城 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0184
Learning and skills
- Skill: acupuncture / 针术 · Level: renowned · Note: needled the back one or two cun deep and the great que point five or six cun, against ordinary practice, and cured every caseExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0193, houhanshu:093:s0194
Events and relationships
- Kind: personal · Role: disciple · Other Person Id: Hua Tuo (华佗) · Action: sought from Hua Tuo a formula that could be ingested for benefit and received the lacquer-leaf and green-sticky powder · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 华佗行医之时（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 150 · End: AD 220Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0195
- Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0184
Source notes
- Kind: regimen · Statement: followed Hua Tuo's words about the powder and lived beyond a hundred years · Source Text: 阿從其言，壽百餘歲Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0197
References in the histories
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