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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: maleExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0075
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 956Explicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0089
Age
- Value: 36 · Reckoning: sui · At Event: deathExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0089
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 世宗之時 · Western Year: AD 955Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:031:s0081, xinwudaishi:031:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 廣順初 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0077
Career and standing
- Label: drafter of edicts / 知制誥 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0081, xinwudaishi:031:s0088
- Label: Hanlin Academician / 翰林學士 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0082
- Label: Investigating Censor / 監察御史 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0078
- Label: proofreader / 校書郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0077
- Label: Vice Director of the Waterways Office / 水部員外郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0081
- Label: History Institute duty / 直史館 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0077
- Label: crimson robes / 賜緋 · Action: grantedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0082
- Status: illness · Action: entered
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Later Zhou / 周 · Relation: servedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0077
- Place: Northern Yan / 北燕Explicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0075
- Place: Xiangguo Temple / 相國寺 · Relation: visitedExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0081
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 951Explicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0077
- Skill: literary composition / 屬文 · Level: skilledExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0076
Works and attributed material
- Work: Fresh Green / 碧鮮賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0081
- Work: Origins of Fate / 運源賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0080
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: did not reach Zhao and Yan in debate but did not flatter like Tao Gu · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0094
References in the histories
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