Qin and Han · Han ritual teacher

Hou Cang 後倉

Attested BC 70 - BC 50

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Hou Cang was a Han ritual teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 70 to BC 50 事同縣後倉且十年
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 89, passage 3
BC 70 to BC 50 後蒼
Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 195

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 1 passage

家世以田為業，至望之，好學，治《齊詩》，事同縣後倉且十年。 His people had long lived by the plough; Wangzhi himself loved letters, mastered the Qi recension of the Classic of Odes, and studied under Hou Cang of his county for the better part of a decade.

Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage

故聞人、二戴，俱事後蒼，俄已分異； Thus Wenren and the two Dai all studied under Hou Cang, yet soon diverged;