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Min Ziqian 閔子騫

Mǐn Zǐqiān

Attested BC 520 - BC 480

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Min Ziqian as a named individual and scholar. 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 Min Ziqian 閔子騫 Mǐn Zǐqiān
Surname Min Mǐn
Personal name Min Ziqian 閔子騫 Mǐn Zǐqiān
Courtesy name Ziqian 子騫 Zǐqiān

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 時人方之閔子騫、原憲 · Western Interval: Start: BC 520 · End: BC 480
    Uncertain · beishi:088:s0260

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: exemplar to whom contemporaries compared Zhang Wenxu · Other Person Id: Zhang Wenxu (張文詡) · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Witness: people of the time / 時人
    Explicit · beishi:088:s0260

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 1 passage