Overview
Xu Shen was a scholar and Lexicographer.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 100 to AD 121 漢代Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 94
- AD 100 to AD 121 若虛曰：「非也，此許慎所謂鼨鼠，豹文而形小。」Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 123, passage 194
- AD 100 to AD 121 許慎Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 167
Key source chapters
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472 Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi 2 passages
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503 Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 123 Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He 1 passage
Career and standing
- lexicographer 字書作者Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 123, passage 194
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Lived underStrongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 167; New Book of Tang 123, passage 194
Learning and skills
- Skill philology 文字學 · Level canonicalDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 167
Works and attributed material
- lexical definition of the patterned rat 所謂鼨鼠Relation AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 194
References in the histories
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