Overview
The translated histories identify Xi Zhong as an artisan, inventor, and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xi Zhong | 奚仲 | Xī Zhòng |
| Title | chariot master | 車正 | Chēzhèng |
| Title | Master of Chariots | 車正 | Chēzhèng |
| Surname | Xi | 奚 | Xī |
| Personal name | Xi Zhong | 奚仲 | Xī Zhòng |
| Given | Zhong | 仲 | Zhòng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:130:s0045
Roles
- Artisan
- Inventor
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · houhanshu:130:s0045, nanqishu:017:s0002
Career and standing
- Label: chariot master / 車正Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0045
- Label: Master of Chariots / 車正 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:017:s0002
- Label: chariot master / 車正 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:130:s0045
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Xia · Relation: servedExplicit · nanqishu:017:s0002
- Polity: Xia / 夏 · Relation: servedExplicit · houhanshu:130:s0045
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: official · Action: standardized streamers and pennants so ranks had fixed grades · Label: set streamers and pennons by rank / 建其斿旐，尊卑上下，各有等級Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0045
References in the histories
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