Qin and Han · Writer

Xia Ziya 夏牙

Attested AD 50

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xia Ziya as a poet, scholar, 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 Xia Ziya 夏牙 Xia Ziya
Epithet Master Literary Virtue 文德先生
Descriptive kinship Son of Xia Gong 子牙
Personal Ziya Ya

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Poet
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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Learning and skills

  • Credential: Filial and Incorrupt / 孝廉 · Action: recommended

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: Master Literary Virtue · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report

References in the histories

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