Qin and Han · Hermit

Jiao Shen 矫慎

Attested AD 25 - AD 220

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Jiao Shen as a hermit. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesHermit

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Jiao Shen 矫慎 Jiao Shen
Surname Jiao Jiao
Personal name Jiao Shen 矫慎 Jiao Shen
Given Shen Shen
Courtesy name Zhongyan 仲彦 Zhongyan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Hermit

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

Family

  • Kinship Role: wife · Count: 0 · Negated: true · Statement: 竟不肯娶

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: deferred-to-as-senior-by-Ma-Rong-and-Su-Zhang · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: some-said-he-was-an-immortal · Provenance: Mode: hearsay
    Textual variant · houhanshu:094:s0296

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 6 passages