Overview
The translated histories identify Gan Bao as a commentator, historian, official, and scholar. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gan Bao | 干宝 | Gàn Bǎo |
| Given | Bao | 宝 | Bǎo |
| Given | Bao | 寶 | Bǎo |
| Surname | Gan | 干 | Gàn |
| Surname | Gan | 干 | Gān |
| Personal name | Gan Bao | 干寶 | Gān Bǎo |
| Personal name | Gan Bao | 干寶 | Gan Bao |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Commentator
- Historian
- Official
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 干宝注 · Western Interval: Start: AD 317 · End: AD 336Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0291
- Source Date: Text: 干寶《周禮注》 · Western Interval: Start: AD 317 · End: AD 322Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0149
- Source Date: Text: 晉世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 317 · End: AD 339Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:016:s0038
Career and standing
- Label: commentator / 注释家Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0291
- Label: Right Senior Recorder / 右長史 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 晉世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 317 · End: AD 339Explicit · nanqishu:016:s0038
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Eastern Jin / 东晋 · Relation: lived-underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:126:s0291
Works and attributed material
- Work: Commentary on the Rites of Zhou / 周禮注 · Relation: authorExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0149
- Work: establishment of the government office / 立官府 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0038
- Work: commentary on the Rites of Zhou / 周礼注 · Relation: commentatorExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0291
- Kind: commentary · Role: author · Work: Rites of Zhou commentary / 周礼注 · Quoted: trueExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0291
Events and relationships
- Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Wang Dao (王導)Explicit · nanqishu:016:s0038
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0291, nanqishu:016:s0038
References in the histories
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