Yan Shigu (師古) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan Shigu as a commentator, historian, official, and scholar. This record brings together 7 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yan Shigu	師古	Yan Shigu
Given	Shigu	師古	Shīgǔ
Surname	Yan	顏	Yan
Surname	Yan	顏	Yán
Personal	Yan Shigu	師古	Shigu
Personal name	Yan Shigu	師古	Yán Shīgǔ
Personal	Yan Shigu	顏師古	Yan Shigu
Personal name	Yan Shigu	顏師古	Yán Shīgǔ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0002
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · suishu:086:s0005
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:022:s0001

Roles

Commentator
Historian
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 貞觀三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 629
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:086:s0006, suishu:086:s0007
Source Date: Text: 唐顏師古時代 · Western Year: AD 630
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:116:s0002
Source Date: Text: 師古注漢書 · Western Year: AD 641
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:022:s0001, hanshu:022:s0026
Source Date: Text: 武德五年十二月 · Western Year: AD 622
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:086:s0003, suishu:086:s0005

Career and standing

Label: Hanshu commentator / 漢書注者
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0001, hanshu:022:s0026
Label: Attendant / Secretariat Drafter / 舍人 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武德五年十二月 · Western Year: AD 622
Explicit · suishu:086:s0005
Label: former Vice Director of the Secretariat / 前中書侍郎 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 貞觀三年 · Western Year: AD 629
Explicit · suishu:086:s0007

Places and affiliations

Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · suishu:086:s0005

Works and attributed material

Kind: commentary · Role: author · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yan Shigu (師古)
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0001, hanshu:022:s0026, hanshu:022:s0027, hanshu:022:s0028, hanshu:022:s0029, hanshu:022:s0030, hanshu:022:s0031, hanshu:022:s0032

Events and relationships

Kind: scholarly · Role: compiler · Action: appointed-to-compile · Object: Sui history / 隋史 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武德五年十二月 · Western Year: AD 622
Explicit · suishu:086:s0005
Kind: scholarly · Role: compiler · Action: assigned-to-write · Object: Sui history / 隋史 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 貞觀三年 · Western Year: AD 629
Explicit · suishu:086:s0007
Kind: scholarly · Role: commentator · Action: supplied-glosses
Explicit · liaoshi:116:s0002
Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Xu Jingzong (許敬宗)
Explicit · suishu:086:s0007
Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Li Yanshou (李延壽)
Explicit · suishu:086:s0029
Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Kong Yingda (孔穎達)
Explicit · suishu:086:s0007
Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Feng Deyi (封德彝)
Explicit · suishu:086:s0005

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: Zhang Yan's criticisms of Ban Gu's rankings are themselves inconsistent · Other Person Id: Zhang Yan (張晏) · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yan Shigu (師古)
Explicit · hanshu:022:s0028