Overview
The translated histories identify Zuo Qiuming as a commentator, historian, and writer. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zuo Qiuming | 丘明 | Qiu Ming |
| Personal name | Qiu Ming | 丘明 | Qiu Ming |
| Personal | Zuo Qiuming | 左氏 | Zuo Qiuming |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:298:s0155
Roles
- Commentator
- Historian
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 丘明 · Western Interval: Start: BC 500 · End: BC 450Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:108:s0119
- Source Date: Text: 丘明 · Western Year: BC 500Explicit event contextual date · weishu:027:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 左氏 · Western Interval: Start: BC 500 · End: BC 400Strongly inferred · liaoshi:104:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 文摹左氏 · Western Interval: Start: BC 500 · End: BC 400Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:298:s0155
Events and relationships
- Kind: calamity · Role: victim · Action: suffered calamity · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yelu Mengjian (耶律孟簡)Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0091
References in the histories
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