Five Dynasties · Hermit and Daoist Priest

Zheng Ao 鄭遨

Died AD 939

Passages
14
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zheng Ao as a farmer, hermit, named individual, and poet. This record brings together 14 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zheng Ao 鄭遨 Zheng Ao
Given Ao
Title Master Free Wanderer 逍遙先生
Courtesy name Yunsong 雲叟 Yunsou
Surname Zheng
Personal name Zheng Ao 鄭遨 Zheng Ao

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Farmer
  • Hermit
  • Named Individual
  • Poet
  • Priest
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Age

  • Age: 74 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福四年 · Western Year: AD 939

Attested activity

Family

Immediate source-linked family. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select a person to open their record.

  • Spouse of Wife of Zheng Ao (鄭遨妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Career and standing

  • Label: Daoist priest / 道士
  • Label: farmer / 種田
  • Label: Left Reminder / 左拾遺 · Action: refused · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐明宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 933
  • Label: Grand Master of Remonstrance / 諫議大夫 · Action: refused · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 晉高祖時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 936 · End: AD 942
  • Label: Master Free Wanderer / 逍遙先生 · Action: bestowed

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: integrity high; cut off from world to keep himself whole · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Item: poems on silk / 縑素 · Relation: authored

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies of Recluses 14: Zhen Gao, Shi Ang, Cheng Fuyun, Li Zilun · 14 passages