Qin and Han · Astronomer and Scholar

Jia Kui 贾逵

Attested AD 57 - AD 103

Passages
4
Chapters
3
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Jia Kui as an astronomer, commentator, official, and scholar. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Jia Kui 贾逵 Jia Kui
Surname Jia Jia
Surname Jia Jiǎ
Personal name Jia Kui 贾逵 Jiǎ Kuí
Personal Jia Kui Jia Kui
Personal name Jia Kui 賈逵 Jiǎ Kuí
Given Kui Kuí

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Astronomer
  • Commentator
  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Work: Zuo Commentary tradition / 左傳 · Relation: authority-for
  • Kind: judgment · Role: speaker · Statement: birds were sign of Hu surrender

Events and relationships

  • Kind: scholarly · Role: maker · Action: installed-ecliptic-instrument · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元十五年 · Western Year: AD 103
    Explicit · songshi:076:s0006

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 115Volume 104: Five Elements Part Two · 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 376Volume 376 Biographies 163: Xin Congyi, Zhang Lin, Gu Gao, Shen Weiqiao, Zhu Wei, Cheng Enze, Wu Jie · 1 passage
History of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Treatises 29: Measures and Calendar 9 · 1 passage