Overview
Yuan Xian was a Disciple.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 500 原憲不厭糟糠Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 71
- BC 520 to BC 480 時人方之閔子騫、原憲
- BC 500 死而已四百餘年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passages 4, 6
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 124 Biographies of Knight-errants 3 passages
- History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88 Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses 1 passage
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 129 Biographies of Money-Makers 1 passage
- Book of Sui, Chapter 77 Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses 1 passage
Career and standing
- EnduredPovertyDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 71
- bare rooms and wattle doors 空室蓬戶PovertyDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 5
Places and affiliations
- At destitute alley 窮巷 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 71
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment contrasted with Zigong as poor disciple · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 71
- Assessment exemplar to whom contemporaries compared Zhang Wenxu · With Zhang Wenxu (張文詡) · Mode named-source-report Witness people of the time 時人Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 260
- Assessment solitary gentleman; laughed at by his age · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 4
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 260
References in the histories
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