Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Can as an official, poet, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Can | 王粲 | Wáng Càn |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wang |
| Personal | Wang Can | 王粲 | Wang Can |
| Personal name | Wang Can | 王粲 | |
| Courtesy name | Zhongxuan | 仲宣 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beiqishu:036:s0015, liangshu:014:s0260
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:030:s0136
Roles
- Official
- Poet
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: cited by Emperor Wu · Western Year: AD 520Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:030:s0136
- Source Date: Text: 王粲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 177 · End: AD 217Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 近世 · Western Year: c. AD 217Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0260
References in the histories
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