Overview
The translated histories identify Wu Mingxuan as an astronomer and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wu Mingxuan | 吳明炫 | Wu Mingxuan |
| Alternate | Wu Míngxuàn | Wu Míngxuàn | |
| Alternate | 明炫 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:272:s0039
Roles
- Astronomer
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 十四年四月 · Western Year: AD 1657Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 順治三年 · Western Year: AD 1646Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0041
Family
- Descendant of Mashayihei (默沙亦黑)Kinship Term: ancestor / 祖
Kinship Term: ancestor / 祖 · Line: paternal - Sibling of Wu Mingxuan (吳明烜)Kinship Term: of the brothers' generation / 兄弟行 · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Kinship Term: of the brothers' generation / 兄弟行 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
Origins and identity
- Label: Western Regions calendrical clans / 西域人十八姓Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0039
Career and standing
- Label: Autumn Officer of the Muslim section / 回回科秋官正 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:272:s0039
- Status: dismissed · Action: removedExplicit · qingshigao:272:s0039
- Status: sentenced to strangulation; spared by amnesty · Action: sentencedExplicit · qingshigao:272:s0046
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author
Events and relationships
- Kind: scientific · Role: claimant · Action: false Mercury visibility reportExplicit · qingshigao:272:s0042, qingshigao:272:s0046
References in the histories
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