Overview
Yin Yingsun was an official and Musician.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 888 to AD 904 昭宗即位...太常博士殷盈孫Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passages 70-71
- AD 888 to AD 904 至于昭宗，始得盈孫焉Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 77
- AD 880 to AD 907 黃巢之餘Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passages 55-56
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Doctor of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常博士HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 71
- Erudite of the Directorate of Sacrifices 太常博士HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 56
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 56
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 71
Learning and skills
- Skill bell mensuration by Zhou arithmetic 按周法以算數除鎛鍾 · Level expertDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 71-72
Events and relationships
- Cast tassel bells and chime bellsInstrument making · CasterDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 56
- Computed bo bell grades and diagrammed dimensionsScholarly · CalculatorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 71-72
- Had twelve bo bells and two hundred forty chime bells castRitual · PlannerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 73
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment discussions rarely advanced new doctrine until his appearance under Zhaozong · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 77
References in the histories
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