Qin and Han · Official and Engineer

Lord Bai 白公

Bai Gong

Attested BC 95

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Lord Bai as an engineer and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lord Bai 白公 Bai Gong
Title Lord Bai 白公 Bai Gong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Engineer
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 漢時 · Western Year: BC 95
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:066:s0208

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: engineering · Role: builder · Action: built-bai-canal
    Explicit · yuanshi:066:s0208

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 38Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage
History of Yuan, Chapter 66Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 · 1 passage