Overview
The translated histories identify Gongsun Long as a philosopher and scholar. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gongsun Long | 公孫龍 | Gongsun Long |
| Surname | Gongsun | 公孫 | |
| Personal name | Gongsun Long | 公孫龍 | Gongsun Long |
| Personal | Gongsun Long | 公孫龍 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:074:s0088
Roles
- Philosopher
- Scholar
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 公孫 · Western Interval: Start: BC 320 · End: BC 250Strongly inferred · songshu:062:s0120
- Western Interval: Start: BC 320 · End: BC 250 · Source Date: Text: 而趙亦有公孫龍為堅白同異之辯，劇子之言；Strongly inferred · shiji:074:s0088
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Zhao / 趙 · Relation: associated-withExplicit · shiji:074:s0088
Learning and skills
- Skill: debates on hard and white and sameness and difference / 堅白同異之辯Explicit · shiji:074:s0088
References in the histories
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