Overview
The translated histories identify Grand Historian as a historian and writer. 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 | Grand Historian | 太史公 | Taishigong |
| Title | Grand Historian | 太史公 | Taishigong |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:001:s0278
Roles
- Historian
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太史公曰 · Western Year: c. BC 100Explicit · shiji:001:s0278
Places and affiliations
- Place: Kongtong / 空桐 · Relation: traveled-toExplicit · shiji:001:s0282
- Place: Zhuolu / 涿鹿 · Relation: traveled-toExplicit · shiji:001:s0282
Works and attributed material
- Work: basic annals opening chapter / 本紀書首 · Relation: compiledExplicit · shiji:001:s0286
- Work: Annals of the Five Emperors / 五帝本紀 · Relation: authorExplicit · shiji:001:s0286
- Kind: historian-remark · Role: author · Extent: s0278, s0279, s0280, s0281, s0282, s0283, s0284, s0285, s0286
Events and relationships
- Kind: travel · Role: traveler · Action: traveled-west-north-east-south-to-sites-of-Huangdi-Yao-ShunExplicit · shiji:001:s0282
References in the histories
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