Qin and Han · Han ritual teacher

Hou Cang 後倉

Attested BC 70 - BC 50

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Hou Cang as a scholar and teacher. 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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Hou Cang 後倉 Hou Cang
Personal Hou Cang 後蒼

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Scholar
  • Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 後蒼 · Western Interval: Start: BC 70 · End: BC 50
    Explicit · songshu:055:s0195

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 1 passage
Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage