Overview
The translated histories identify Five Ram Skin Grand Master as an official and statesman. 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 | Five Ram Skin Grand Master | 五羖大夫 | Wu Gu Daifu |
| Title | Five Ram Skin Grand Master | 五羖大夫 | Wu Gu Daifu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleExplicit · shiji:068:s0137
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · shiji:068:s0153
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 五羖大夫相秦 · Western Interval: Start: BC 659 · End: BC 621Explicit event contextual date · shiji:068:s0145, shiji:068:s0148
Career and standing
- Label: chancellor of Qin / 相秦Explicit · shiji:068:s0148, shiji:068:s0152
- Label: chancellor of Qin / 相秦 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 相秦六七年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 659 · End: BC 621Explicit · shiji:068:s0148
- Status: enslavement · Action: entered · Label: sold himself and tended cattle / 自粥於秦客，被褐食牛Explicit · shiji:068:s0146
- Status: manumission-elevation · Action: enteredExplicit · shiji:068:s0147
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qin / 秦 · Relation: servedExplicit · shiji:068:s0147, shiji:068:s0148
- Place: Jing / 荊Explicit · shiji:068:s0145
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: chancellor · Action: attacked-Zheng · Place: Zheng / 鄭Explicit · shiji:068:s0148
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: You Yu (由余)Strongly inferred · shiji:068:s0151
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: virtuous chancellor loved by the people · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Speaker Person Id: Zhao Liang (趙良)Explicit · shiji:068:s0153, shiji:068:s0154
References in the histories
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