Overview
The translated histories identify Jiang Yuan as a consort, family member, named individual, and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Jiang Yuan | 姜原 | Jiang Yuan |
| Personal | Jiang Yuan | 姜嫄 | Jiāng Yuán |
| Personal | Jiang Yuan | 姜嫄 | Jiang Yuan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleStrongly inferred · jinshi:029:s0249
- Sex: femaleExplicit · shiji:013:s0054
Roles
- Consort
- Family Member
- Named Individual
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · shiji:013:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 明昌六年 · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 1195Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:029:s0249, jinshi:029:s0247
Family
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- Parent of Ji (稷)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: child
Events and relationships
- Kind: personal · Role: actor · Action: abandoned-then-reclaimed-child
- Kind: birth · Role: actor · Action: conceived-after-stepping-in-giant-footprintExplicit · shiji:013:s0054
- Kind: ritual · Role: cult-recipient · Action: received-gaomei-sacrifice · Label: Gaomei sacrifice / 高禖之祀 · Place: second tier of the Gaomei altar / 壇之第二層 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 歲以春分日 · Note: annual spring-equinox rite instituted in Mingchang 6 · Western Year: AD 1195Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:029:s0249, jinshi:029:s0247
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · jinshi:029:s0249
References in the histories
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