Ancient China · Philosopher and Writer

Shen Dao 慎到

Attested BC 320 - BC 280

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Shen Dao as a philosopher, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shen Dao 慎到 Shen Dao
Personal name Shen Dao 慎到 Shen Dao

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Philosopher
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Western Interval: Start: BC 320 · End: BC 280 · Source Date: Text: 慎到,趙人。
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0067, shiji:074:s0047

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Belief: Huang-Lao and Dao De arts / 黃老道德之術 · Relation: studied
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0070

Works and attributed material

  • Work: Twelve Treatises / 十二論 · Relation: author
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0071

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing · 3 passages