Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Religious Figure and Writer

Ge Hong 葛洪

Attested AD 317 - AD 343

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Ge Hong as a religious leader, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ge Hong 葛洪 Ge Hong
Personal name Ge Hong 葛稚 Ge Zhi
Alternate name Ge Zhi 葛稚

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Religious Leader
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 《抱朴子》 · Western Interval: Start: AD 317 · End: AD 343
    Strongly inferred · sanguozhi:063:s0153
  • Source Date: Text: 言追葛稚 · Western Interval: Start: AD 590 · End: AD 600
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0213

Works and attributed material

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 63Volume 63: Book of Wu 18: Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da · 3 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage