Dates uncertain · Named Individual

Zhongli 鍾離

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhongli was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 32

Events and relationships

Went away and opened a casket in Kuaiji lore
Literary allusion · Alluded figure
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 32

Source notes

Historicity literary
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 32

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 27Volume 27: Jiang Zong; Yao Cha · 1 passage

嘉南斗之分次，肇東越之靈祕，表檜風於韓什，著鎮山於周記，蘊大禹之金書，鐫暴秦之石字，〔三〕太史來而探穴，鍾離去而開笥，信竹箭之為珍，何珷玞之罕值。 Favored by the asterism of the Southern Dipper, commencing the spirit-secrets of Eastern Yue; the cypress-wind praised in Han verse, Mount Zhen recorded in Zhou annals; holding Great Yu's metal books, engraved the (stone) records of violent Qin; [3] when the grand astrologer came to probe the crypt and Zhongli went away and opened the casket—truly bamboo and arrow-shafts are treasures; how could jade fragments be rare finds?