Sui and Tang · Priest

Sima Chengzhen 司馬承禎

Attested AD 712 - AD 756

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Sima Chengzhen as a musician and priest. 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 Sima Chengzhen 司馬承禎 Sima Chengzhen
Given Chengzhen 承禎 Chengzhen
Surname Sima 司馬 Sima
Personal name Sima Chengzhen 司馬承禎 Sima Chengzhen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Musician
  • Priest

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 道士司馬承禎 · Western Interval: Start: AD 712 · End: AD 756
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:022:s0070

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 1 passage