Overview
The translated histories identify Music Master Kuang as a musician and named individual. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodAncient China
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Music Master Kuang | 師曠 | Shi Kuang |
| Personal name | Master Kuang | 師曠 | Shi Kuang |
| Title | Master Kuang | 師曠 | |
| Title | Music Master Kuang | 師曠 | |
| Personal name | Shi Kuang | 師曠 | |
| Personal | Shi Kuang | 曠 | Kuang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:033:s0149
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:034:s0028
Roles
- Musician
- Named Individual
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · beiqishu:033:s0149
- Source Date: Text: 師曠之調鐘 · Western Year: BC 550Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0148
- Source Date: Text: 師曠雜事 · Western Interval: Start: BC 557 · End: BC 532Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0028
Works and attributed material
- Work: Master Kuang's miscellaneous tales / 師曠雜事 · Relation: attributed-authorExplicit · houhanshu:034:s0028
References in the histories
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