Overview
The translated histories identify yu as a commentator, historian, and writer. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | 予 | yu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · xinwudaishi:002:s0131
Roles
- Commentator
- Historian
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 开平至乾化 chapter span · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 912Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:002:s0131, xinwudaishi:002:s0128
Works and attributed material
- Work: Historical Treatise on the Five Dynasties / Xin Wudai Shi commentary / 五代論次 · Relation: authorExplicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0131
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Note: defense of not treating Liang as illegitimateExplicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0132, xinwudaishi:002:s0133, xinwudaishi:002:s0134, xinwudaishi:002:s0136, xinwudaishi:002:s0137, xinwudaishi:002:s0138, xinwudaishi:002:s0139, xinwudaishi:002:s0140, xinwudaishi:002:s0141, xinwudaishi:002:s0142, xinwudaishi:002:s0143, xinwudaishi:002:s0144, xinwudaishi:002:s0145, xinwudaishi:002:s0146
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: Alone refused to brand Liang illegitimate, following Spring and Autumn method · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Speaker Person Id: yu (予)
References in the histories
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