Qin and Han · Writer and Poet

Sima Xiangru 司馬相如

Attested BC 179 - BC 117

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sima Xiangru was a Writer and Poet.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Changqing	長卿	Changqing

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 179 to BC 117 長卿
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 232

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 232

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 232

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

雅性放誕，好聲色，嘗夜與弟獻之共讀《高士傳贊》，獻之賞井丹高潔，徽之曰：「未若長卿慢世也。」 He was dissolute and fond of pleasure. One night he and his brother Xianzhi read the 《Eulogies to High-Minded Men》. Xianzhi admired Jing Dan's purity; Huizhi said, "He cannot match Sima Xiangru's contempt for the world."