Overview
Ge Hong was a Daoist Scholar and Writer.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Zhichuan | 稚川 | Zhichuan |
| Nickname | Master Embracing Simplicity | 抱樸子 | Baopuzi |
Life and dates
Death
- Sat until noon, motionless as if asleep, then died · Time Of Day 日中Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 239
Age
- 81Reckoning Unspecified · At deathDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 240
Attested activity
- AD 317 to AD 420 後…坐至日中…卒Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 237, 239-240
- AD 317 to AD 420 江左Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 213, 235
Career and standing
- EnduredPovertyDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 262
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Lived underDated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 235
- At Jiangzuo 江左 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 235
Learning and skills
- bound his hair and followed a teacher; old yet unweariedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 254
- examined many wonder-books of hidden language requiring utmost refinement and diligenceDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 224
- Belief teachings of transcendents and longevity 神仙／長生 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 227, 230, 256
- Skill ninefold cinnabar / elixir arts 九丹之秘術 · Level exhaustiveDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 256
Works and attributed material
- Biographies of Recluses 隱逸傳Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- Biographies of Transcendents 神仙傳Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- Biographies of Worthy Officials 良吏傳Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- Collected Marvels 集異傳Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- dispatches, proclamations, memorials, and presentations, 30 juan 移檄章表三十卷Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- Emergency Formulas from the Elbow Lair 肘後要急方Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
Show 9 more source-backed claims
- Inner Chapters 內篇Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 231
- Master Embracing Simplicity 抱樸子Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 233
- Metal Casket Formulas 金匱藥方Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- Outer Chapters 外篇Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 231
- stele inscriptions, dirges, poems, and fu, 100 juan 碑誄詩賦百卷Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- this book on longevity principles 此書（長生之理）Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 227-228
- excerpts of the Five Classics, Histories, Han, the hundred schools, and technical miscellany, 310 juan 抄《五經》、《史》、《漢》、百家之言、方技雜事三百一十卷Relation CompilerDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 234
- 當遠行尋師，克期便發。Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 237
- Preface · Author · Direct quotation · Mode self-report Speaker Ge Hong (洪)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 213-233
Events and relationships
- Announced departure to seek a teacherDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 237
- Body placed in coffin light as empty clothesFunerary · DeceasedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 241
- Chronicled transformations of the immortal capitalReligious · AdeptDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 256
- Gathered lost writings of a hundred generationsScholarly · CompilerDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 255
- Renounced glory and shunned the powerfulPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 220, 222
- Sought men of the WayScholarly · SeekerDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 223
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Wished to seal writings in a metal casket for the discerningScholarly · AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 232
- Relation Correspondent of · Person Deng Yue (嶽)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 237
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment contemporaries took the death as corpse-liberation and attainment of transcendence · Mode hearsayDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 241
- Assessment erudition unrivalled south of the Yangzi · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 235
- Assessment finest among ways of preserving life · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 258
- Assessment his pattern and brilliant writings will be transmitted forever · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 263
- Assessment learned though poor and rejoiced in the Way · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 262
- Assessment spurned floating glory, prized an inch of time, lodged in truth beyond affairs · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 257
Show 1 more source-backed claim
- Assessment writings more abundant than Ban Gu and Sima Qian; refined at splitting dark principles · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 236
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 213, 239
- Inner and Outer Chapters together 116 pianField corpus-extentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 231
- Master Embracing Simplicity 抱樸子Self styledDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 233
References in the histories
No matching passages.