Huan Yuan (環淵) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Huan Yuan as a philosopher, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 3 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	Huan Yuan	環淵	Huan Yuan
Personal name	Huan Yuan	環淵	Huan Yuan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:074:s0069

Roles

Philosopher
Scholar
Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Western Interval: Start: BC 320 · End: BC 280 · Source Date: Text: 環淵，楚人。
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0069, shiji:074:s0047

Places and affiliations

Place: Chu / 楚
Explicit · shiji:074:s0069
Organization: Jixia Academy / 稷下 · Relation: member-of
Explicit · shiji:074:s0047

Learning and skills

Belief: Huang-Lao and Dao De arts / 黃老道德之術 · Relation: studied
Explicit · shiji:074:s0070

Works and attributed material

Work: Upper and Lower Chapters / 上下篇 · Relation: author
Explicit · shiji:074:s0071

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing · 3 passages

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自騶衍與齊之稷下先生，如淳于髡、慎到、環淵、接子、田駢、騶奭之徒，各著書言治亂之事，以干世主，豈可勝道哉！ From Zou Yan and the masters of Qi's Jixia Academy, such as Chunyu Kun, Shen Dao, Huan Yuan, Jie Zi, Tian Pian, and Zou Shi and their kind, each wrote books discussing matters of governance and chaos to seek the world's lords—how could one recount them all!

環淵，楚人。 Huan Yuan was a man of Chu.

故慎到著十二論，環淵著上下篇，而田駢、接子皆有所論焉。 Therefore, Shen Dao wrote twelve treatises, Huan Yuan wrote upper and lower chapters, and Tian Pian and Jie Zi all had their own writings.