Ancient China · Official

He 和

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

He was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 65

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 1, passage 65

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 1Annals of the Five Emperors · 1 passage

乃命羲、和，敬順昊天，數法日月星辰，敬授民時。 He charged Xi and He to reverence High Heaven, to calculate the courses of sun, moon, and stars, and to teach the people the calendar in due season.