Qin and Han · Scholar and Official

Yin Gengshi 尹更始

Attested BC 74 - BC 48

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Yin Gengshi as an official and scholar. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yin Gengshi 尹更始 Yin Gengshi
Personal name Yin Gengshi 尹更始 Yin Gengshi
Surname Yin
Given 更始 Gengshi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 孝宣承統 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 48
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260

Places and affiliations

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: advanced through Confucian learning (儒術) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
  • Assessment: had achievements recounted in their age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage