Ancient China · Scholar and Writer

Zou Shi 騶奭

Attested BC 305 - BC 270

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zou Shi as a philosopher, scholar, 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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zou Shi 騶奭 Zou Shi
Alternate name Shi Shi
Personal name Zou Shi 騶奭 Zou Shi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Philosopher
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Western Interval: Start: BC 305 · End: BC 270 · Source Date: Text: 騶奭者,齊諸騶子,亦頗采騶衍之術以紀文。
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0072, shiji:074:s0047

Career and standing

  • Label: Ranked Grandee / 列大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0073

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Qi / 齊 · Relation: associated-with
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0072
  • Organization: Jixia Academy / 稷下 · Relation: member-of
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0047

Works and attributed material

  • Work: records of Zou Yan's teachings / 采騶衍之術以紀文 · Relation: compiler
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0072

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: carves dragons (雕龙奭) · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Qi popular song / 齊人頌
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0080
  • Assessment: writing ornate but difficult to practice · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0078

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing · 4 passages