Overview
The translated histories identify Wuguang as a hermit and named individual. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodAncient China
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wuguang | 務光 | Wù Guāng |
| Personal name | Wu Guang | 務光 | Wù Guāng |
| Personal name | Wu Guang | 光 | Guāng |
| Personal name | Wuguang | 務光 | Wù Guāng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0134
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:061:s0006
Roles
- Hermit
- Named Individual
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Places and affiliations
- Label: Xia / 夏 · Relation: lived-underExplicit · shiji:061:s0006
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: righteousness extremely lofty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)Explicit · shiji:061:s0010
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · shiji:061:s0006
References in the histories
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