Five Dynasties · Scholar and Official

Hu Zai 扈載

Died AD 956

Passages
7
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Hu Zai as an official, poet, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Hu Zai 扈載 Hu Zai
Personal name Hu Zai 扈載 Hù Zài
Courtesy name Zhongxi 仲熙 Zhòngxī

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Poet
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: illness / 病卒 · Age: Value: 36 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 居歲中 · Western Year: AD 956

Age

Attested activity

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: Presented Scholar (high rank) / 進士高第 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣順初 · Western Year: AD 951
  • Skill: literary composition / 屬文 · Level: skilled

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: did not reach Zhao and Yan in debate but did not flatter like Tao Gu · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Later Zhou Biographies 11: Wang Pu, Zheng Renhui, Hu Zai · 7 passages