Overview
Boya was a Musician.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- legendary antiquity
- BC 550 to BC 500 牙、旷清耳于管弦Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 273
- BC 500 鐘期死，伯牙絕弦Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 99, passage 146
Key source chapters
- Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 98 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 99 Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 1 passage
- Book of Han, Chapter 117 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 1 passage
- Book of Liang, Chapter 14 Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang 1 passage
Career and standing
- musician 乐人Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 273
Learning and skills
- Skill music / strings and pipes 管弦 · Level masterDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 273
- Skill zither 琴 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 180
Events and relationships
- Played Di Zhong as analogyDirectly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 180
- Relation Legendary pair with · Person Zhong Ziqi (鍾子期)Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 104-105
Source notes
- Historicity legendaryDirectly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 180
References in the histories
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