Overview
The translated histories identify Ruan Xian as a musician and scholar. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Ruan Xian | 阮咸 | Ruǎn Xián |
| Personal | Ruan Xian | 阮咸 | |
| Alternate | Ruan Zhongrong | 阮仲容 | |
| Courtesy | Zhongrong | 仲容 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Uncertain
Roles
- Musician
- Scholar
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Western Interval: Start: AD 234 · End: AD 305 · Source Date: Text: 君欲高斅山公，而以仲容見處，徒以Explicit · songshu:062:s0116
- Source Date: Text: 少帝時引述昔事至元嘉後詠歎 · Western Interval: Start: AD 422 · End: AD 433Explicit event contextual date · songshu:073:s0023, songshu:073:s0048
Places and affiliations
- Place: Shiping / 始平郡 · Relation: banished-to · Provenance: Mode: quoted-historical-example · Source Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦)Explicit · songshu:073:s0023
Works and attributed material
- Work: Odes to the Five Lords / 五君詠 · Relation: subject-of-poemExplicit · songshu:073:s0048
References in the histories
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