Overview
The translated histories identify General Who Calms the Waves as a general and strategist. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | General Who Calms the Waves | 伏波 | Fu Bo |
| Title | General Who Calms the Waves | 伏波 | Fúbō |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:113:s0144
Roles
- General
- Strategist
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 伏波困窮，智慮愈殖，因禍為福 · Western Interval: Start: BC 112 · End: BC 111Explicit event contextual date · shiji:113:s0144
Learning and skills
- Skill: strategy / 智慮 · Level: increasingExplicit · shiji:113:s0144
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: turned-calamity-into-fortune · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 伏波困窮，智慮愈殖，因禍為福 · Western Interval: Start: BC 112 · End: BC 111Explicit · shiji:113:s0144
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: though pressed by hardship, grew more resourceful and turned calamity into fortune · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:113:s0144
References in the histories
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