Qin and Han · Poet and Writer

Sima Xiangru 司马相如

Attested AD 88 - AD 105

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Sima Xiangru as a named individual, poet, and writer. 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 Xiangru 司马相如 Sima Xiangru
Personal Xiangru 相如 Xiangru

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Poet
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 和帝时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 88 · End: AD 105
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:089:s0247

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 1 passage