Overview
The translated histories identify Zhao Yanyi as an astronomer and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodFive Dynasties
RolesAstronomerOfficial
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhao Yanyi | 趙延乂 | Zhào Yányì |
| Title | astronomical adviser | 天文參謀 | |
| Personal name | Zhao Yanyi | 趙延乂 | |
| Personal name | Zhao Yanyi | 趙延乂 | Zhào Yányì |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:140:s0031, songshi:076:s0065
Roles
- Astronomer
- Official
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 晉高祖命 · Western Year: AD 936Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:140:s0031
- Source Date: Text: 石晉時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 936 · End: AD 947Explicit · songshi:076:s0065
Career and standing
- Label: astronomical adviser / 天文參謀 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 晉高祖命 · Western Year: AD 936Explicit · jiuwudaishi:140:s0031
- Label: astronomical adviser / 天文參謀 · Action: heldExplicit · songshi:076:s0065
Places and affiliations
- Label: Later Jin / 晉 · Relation: servedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:140:s0031
- Polity: Later Jin / 石晉 · Relation: servedExplicit · songshi:076:s0065
- Place: Directorate of Astronomy / 司天監 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · songshi:076:s0065
Events and relationships
- Kind: scholarly · Role: maker · Action: built-Directorate-gnomonExplicit · songshi:076:s0065
- Kind: scholarly · Role: examiner · Action: compared-calendars · Other Person Id: Jin Gaozu (晉高祖) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 晉高祖命 · Western Year: AD 936Explicit · jiuwudaishi:140:s0031
- Relation: ordered-by · Person Id: Jin Gaozu (晉高祖)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:140:s0031
References in the histories
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