Overview
The translated histories identify Kong Lingchan as an astrologer, diviner, hermit, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Southern Qi
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Kong Lingchan | 孔靈產 | Kǒng Língchǎn |
| Personal | Kong Lingchan | 孔靈產 | |
| Given | Lingchan | 靈產 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · nanqishu:048:s0048
Roles
- Astrologer
- Diviner
- Hermit
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元徽中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 473 · End: AD 477Explicit · nanqishu:048:s0051
- Source Date: Text: 沈攸之起兵時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 478Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0053
- Source Date: Text: 泰始中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 471Explicit · nanqishu:048:s0048
Family
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- Parent of Kong Zhigui (孔稚珪)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Kong Zhongzhi (孔仲智)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: grand master for the glorious / 光祿大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:048:s0054
- Label: Grand Administrator of Jin'an / 晉安太守 · Action: resignedExplicit · nanqishu:048:s0048
Learning and skills
- Belief: the Way / Daoist practice / 道 · Relation: adherent-ofExplicit · nanqishu:048:s0049
- Skill: astronomy and occult calculation / 星文術數 · Level: skilledExplicit · nanqishu:048:s0052
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · nanqishu:048:s0053
References in the histories
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