Ge Hong (葛洪) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ge Hong was a scholar, Daoist, Physician, and Official.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhichuan	稚川	Zhichuan

AD 307 to AD 317 元帝為丞相，辟為掾
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 199
AD 326 咸和初
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 201
AD 335 to AD 342 在山積年…至廣州…鄧岳
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 208, 211
AD 302 to AD 303 太安中
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 194
AD 290 to AD 320 洪少好學…于余杭山見何幼道、郭文舉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 184, 187

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Ge Wang (葛望)
brother's son 兄子 · paternal line · Through Elder brother of Ge Hong (葛洪兄)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 210
Descendant of Ge Xi (葛系)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 182
Kin of Ge Xuan (葛玄)
granduncle 從祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 189
Sibling of Elder brother of Ge Hong (葛洪兄)
elder brother 兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 210
Child of Ge Ti (葛悌)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 183
Spouse of Wife of Ge Hong (鮑玄女)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 192

Kinship Role nephews · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 207
Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 207

scholar of Confucian learning 儒學
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 184
aide 掾
AD 307 to AD 317 元帝為丞相 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 199
prefectural chief clerk 州主簿
AD 326 咸和初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 201
Commandant of Troops 將兵都尉
AD 302 to AD 303 太安中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 194
cavalier attendant-in-ordinary 散騎常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 202
chief compiler 大著作
Concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 202

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Grand Administrator of Dongguan 東官太守
Declined
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 209
aide on the military staff of the Inspector of Guangzhou 參廣州刺史軍事
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 196
consultant adviser 諮議參軍
AD 326 咸和初 · Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 201
General Who Calms the Waves 伏波將軍
AD 302 to AD 303 太安中 · Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 194
Magistrate of Goulou 句漏令
Requested
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 203, 206
aide to the Minister of Education 司徒掾
AD 326 咸和初 · Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 201
Secondary Marquis Within the Passes 關內侯
Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 200
cavalier attendant-in-ordinary and chief compiler 散騎常侍，領大著作
Refused appointment · Declined
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 202
Poor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 184
Refused summons
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 197-198

AD 307 to AD 326 元帝為丞相…咸和初
Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 199, 201
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 183, 199
At Jurong in Danyang 丹陽句容
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 181
At Goulou 句漏 · Relation Sought posting
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 203
At Guangzhou 廣州 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 208
At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 195

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At Mount Luofu 羅浮山 · Relation Resided
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 208, 211
At native village 鄉里 · Relation Returned
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 198
At southern territory 南土 · Relation Resided
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 196-197
At Yuhang Mountain 余杭山 · Relation Visited
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 187

Subject classics and canons 典籍
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 188
Belief methods of immortality and nourishing life 神仙導養之法 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 188
Skill Confucian learning 儒學 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 184
Skill alchemy / cinnabar refining 練丹
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 203, 208
Skill medicine 醫術
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 193

his treatises 所著撰
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 193
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Cheng (成帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 205
Preface · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 212

Declined rewards and later summons
Refusal · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 195, 197-198
Defeated detached force
AD 302 to AD 303 太安中 · Military · Officer · With Shi Bing (石冰)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 194
Exchanged glances only
Meeting · Participant · With He Youdao (何幼道)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 187
Requested Goulou for cinnabar
Alchemy · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 203, 205-206
Sought books across thousands of li
Travel · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 188
Stopped at Mount Luofu to refine cinnabar
Alchemy · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 208

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Took sons and nephews toward Jiaozhi
Travel · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 207
Went to Luoyang for rare books
Travel · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 195
Relation Staff of · Person Xi Han (嵇含)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 196
Relation Student of · Person Bao Xuan (鮑玄)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 191
Relation Subordinate of · Person Gu Mi (顧秘)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 194
Relation Student of · Person Zheng Yin (鄭隱)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 190

Assessment few desires; wooden and inarticulate; uninterested in glory and profit · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 185-186
Assessment writings examine right and wrong yet are richly talented · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 193

closed his gate, swept the courtyard, and never socialized
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 186
did not know how many lines a chessboard has or the names of chupu dice
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 185