Ancient China · Chu Rhapsodist

Song Yu 宋玉

Attested BC 298 - BC 263

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Song Yu was a Chu Rhapsodist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 298 to BC 263 頃襄王後
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 84, passage 125

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia · 1 passage

屈原既死之後，楚有宋玉、唐勒、景差之徒者，皆好辭而以賦見稱； After Qu Yuan's death, Chu produced such men as Song Yu, Tang Le, and Jing Chai, all of whom were skilled in literary composition and won renown for their rhapsodies;