Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar and Poet

Ruan Ji 阮籍

Attested AD 210 - AD 263

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ruan Ji was a scholar and Poet.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 210 to AD 263 魏晉阮籍之世
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 73

Events and relationships

Cited for eating meat in mourning
Allusion · Exemplar
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 73

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 1 passage

其禮部侍郎潘起譏之曰：「昔阮籍居喪而食蒸豚，世豈乏賢邪！」 His vice minister of rites Pan Qi mocked him: "When Ruan Ji ate steamed pork in mourning, people said the age lacked worthy men—and here we are again!"