Overview
The translated histories identify Sima Guang as a commentator, historian, official, and scholar. This record brings together 11 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Sima Guang | 司馬光 | Sima Guang |
| Personal | Guang | ||
| Surname | Sima | 司馬 | Sima |
| Personal name | Sima Guang | 司馬 光 | Sima Guang |
| Personal name | Sima Guang | 司馬光 | Sima Guang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · songshi:013:s0096, songshi:110:s0036
- Sex: male
Roles
- Commentator
- Historian
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元祐大臣……司馬光 · Western Year: AD 1086Explicit · songshi:359:s0123
- Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0003, zizhitongjian:159:s0003a, zizhitongjian:159:s0161
- Source Date: Text: 治平元年 · Western Year: AD 1064Explicit event contextual date · songshi:013:s0096
- Source Date: Text: 治平四年 · Western Year: AD 1067Explicit event contextual date · songshi:014:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 熙寧五年 · Western Year: AD 1072Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0170
- Source Date: Text: 熙寧元年 · Western Year: AD 1068Explicit event contextual date · songshi:014:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 熙寧元年 · Western Year: AD 1068Explicit · songshi:110:s0036
Career and standing
- Label: Hanlin academician / 翰林學士 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshi:014:s0279
- Label: Hanlin Academician / 翰林學士 · Action: heldExplicit · songshi:110:s0036
- Label: remonstrance official / 諫官 · Action: heldExplicit · songshi:013:s0096
Works and attributed material
- Work: Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government / 資治通鑒 · Relation: authorExplicit · songshi:014:s0084
- Kind: historian's commentary · Role: commentator · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝) · Quoted: false · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgment · Source Person Id: Sima Guang (司馬光)
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quote: falseExplicit · songshi:013:s0096
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: remonstrator · Action: opposed-brave-righteous-levyExplicit · songshi:013:s0096
- Kind: administrative · Role: commissioner · Action: ordered to fix state expenditure with Teng Fu · Other Person Id: Teng Fu (滕甫)Explicit · songshi:014:s0128
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: loyalty · Provenance: Mode: named-speaker · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Shenzong (神宗)Explicit · songshi:110:s0042
References in the histories
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