Qin and Han · Han Scholar and Writer

Liu Xiang 劉向

Attested BC 79 - BC 8

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Xiang as a scholar and writer. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Xiang 劉向 Liu Xiang
Surname Liu
Personal name Liu Xiang 劉向 Liú Xiàng
Given name Xiang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 劉向之緒言 · Western Interval: Start: BC 79 · End: BC 8
    Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:141:s0007

Works and attributed material

  • Work: prefatory remarks on the Five Elements / 緒言 · Relation: author

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage