Lord Cang (倉公) | 24 Histories

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Lord Cang was a Physician.

PeriodQin and Han

IdentityHistorical · Title only

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Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 167 倉公傳統時代
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 4
BC 216 to BC 150 扁鵲倉公列傳
Directly stated · History of Jin 131, passage 48

Key source chapters

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 49 Volume 49 Biographies 41: Arts 1 passage
History of Jin, Chapter 131 Volume 131 Biographies 69: Huan Zhe, Liang Chong, Song Gui, Pan Shouheng, Fang Ji, Liu Wansu, Zhang Congzheng, Li Qingsi, Ji Tianxi, Zhang Yuansu, Ma Guizhong, Wu Zhen Son: Kang, Li Mao, Hu Dexin 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 41: Arts · 1 passage

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故太史公著《龜策》、《日者》及《扁鵲倉公傳》，皆所以廣其聞見，昭示後昆。 Hence Sima Qian’s treatises on tortoise divination, day-selection, and the physicians Bian Que and Lord Cang—all to widen what we know and guide posterity.

History of Jin, Chapter 131Volume 131 Biographies 69: Huan Zhe, Liang Chong, Song Gui, Pan Shouheng, Fang Ji, Liu Wansu, Zhang Congzheng, Li Qingsi, Ji Tianxi, Zhang Yuansu, Ma Guizhong, Wu Zhen Son: Kang, Li Mao, Hu Dexin · 1 passage

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太史公敘九流，述《日者》、《龜策》、《扁鵲倉公列傳》。 Grand Historian Sima Qian surveyed the Nine Schools and wrote the biographies of day-diviners, tortoise-and-yarrow specialists, and the physicians Bian Que and Lord Cang.