Overview
The translated histories identify Wang as a named individual and scholar. 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 | Wang | 王 | Wang |
| Epithet | man from beyond the ordinary world | 方外之士 | |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · songshi:080:s0291
Roles
- Named Individual
- Scholar
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 崇甯元年 · Western Year: AD 1102Explicit · songshi:080:s0291
Places and affiliations
- Place: the capital / 京師 · Relation: present-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 崇甯元年 · Western Year: AD 1102Explicit · songshi:080:s0291
Works and attributed material
- Work: unadorned book on the ji-heng mechanism / 素書 · Relation: transmitted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 崇甯元年 · Western Year: AD 1102Explicit · songshi:080:s0291
Events and relationships
- Kind: encounter · Role: giver · Action: gave-ji-heng-book · Other Person Id: Wang Fu (王黼) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 崇甯元年 · Western Year: AD 1102Explicit · songshi:080:s0291
Source notes
- Historicity: uncertainExplicit · songshi:080:s0291
References in the histories
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