Sui and Tang · Official and Poet

He Zhizhang 賀知章

Attested AD 712 - AD 756

Passages
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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify He Zhizhang as a musician, official, and poet. 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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal He Zhizhang 賀知章 He Zhizhang
Surname He He
Personal name He Zhizhang 賀知章 He Zhizhang
Title Ministry of Works Vice Minister 工部侍郎
Given Zhizhang 知章 Zhizhang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Musician
  • Official
  • Poet

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 工部侍郎賀知章 · Western Interval: Start: AD 712 · End: AD 756
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:022:s0070

Career and standing

  • Label: Ministry of Works Vice Minister / 工部侍郎 · Action: held

Works and attributed material

  • Work: Purple Clarity Supreme Sage Dao Tune / 紫清上聖道曲 · Relation: author

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 1 passage