Ancient China · Teacher

First Teacher 先師

Xiānshī

Attested BC 521 - BC 481

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

First Teacher was a Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 521 to BC 481 先師（顏回傳統生卒年）
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passages 258, 264

Career and standing

First Teacher 先師
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 258
First Teacher 先師
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passages 258, 264

Events and relationships

Received libation
Ritual · Recipient
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passages 258, 264
Relation Associated in cult with · Person Confucius (孔子)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 258

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 258

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 12Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 · 2 passages

春、秋釋奠於孔宣父，先聖、先師，籩十、豆十、簋二、簠二、㽅三、鈃三、俎三； Spring and autumn libation to Confucius the Exalted Father, First Sage and First Teacher: ten bian, ten dou, two gui, two fu, three xing, three xing vessels, three zu;

州縣祭社、稷、先聖，釋奠於先師，籩豆皆八、簋二、簠二、俎三。 Prefectures and counties sacrifice to altars of soil and grain and First Sage, and libate to the First Teacher: eight bian and eight dou each, two gui, two fu, three zu.