Qin and Han · Writer

Wang Yanshou 王延寿

Attested AD 126 - AD 144

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Yanshou as a named individual and writer. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Yanshou 王延寿 Wang Yanshou
Descriptive kinship Son of Wang Yi 子延寿
Courtesy Wenkao 文考 Wenkao
Personal Yanshou 延寿 Yanshou

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Wang Yi (王逸)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: outstanding talent · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 2 passages