Overview
The translated histories identify The Historian as a commentator and historian. 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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | The Historian | 史臣 | |
| Title | The historian | 史臣 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · nanqishu:055:s0254
Roles
- Commentator
- Historian
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 刺史始安王遙光反 · Western Year: AD 499Strongly inferred · nanqishu:055:s0252, nanqishu:055:s0254
Career and standing
- Label: historian / 史臣Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0254
Works and attributed material
- Kind: encomium · Role: author · Quoted: trueExplicit · nanqishu:055:s0258, nanqishu:055:s0259
- Kind: historian-comment · Role: author · Quoted: true
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: shallow custom ruins human bonds; commemorative honors do little to uphold moral teaching · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: The Historian (史臣)
References in the histories
Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.