Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In one account, Sima Qian reports that Laozi was said to be a contemporary of Confucius during the 6th or 5th century BC. His personal name was Er or Dan. His personal name was Er or Dan. He was born in the village of Quren ( 曲仁里 , Qūrén lǐ ) in the southern state of Chu , [ 22 ] within present-day Luyi in Henan . [ 23 ]
Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei: Includes the biographies of Zhuangzi and Shen Buhai: 64: 司馬穰苴列傳: Biography of Sima Rangju: 65: 孫子吳起列傳: Biographies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi: 66: 伍子胥列傳: Biography of Wu Zixu: 67: 仲尼弟子列傳: Biographies of the disciples of Zhongni: Zhongni 仲尼 was the courtesy name of ...
Some scholars have expressed doubts over Laozi's historicity. [38] Laozi riding a water buffalo. The first biographical reference to Laozi is in the Records of the Grand Historian, [39] by Chinese historian Sima Qian (c. 145–86 BC), which combines three stories. [40] In the first, Laozi was a contemporary of Confucius (551–479 BC).
Sima Qian's father Sima Tan served as Grand Historian, and Sima Qian succeeded to his position. Thus he had access to the early Han dynasty archives, edicts, and records. Sima Qian was a methodical, skeptical historian who had access to ancient books, written on bamboo and wooden slips, from before the time of the Han dynasty. Many of the ...
A traditional source for this period is the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its autobiographical section describes several schools of thought. Its autobiographical section describes several schools of thought.
Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian or Shiji, 1982 printed edition by the Zhonghua Book Company. Before Sima Tan, doctrines were identified by texts named after Masters (Zi). A.C. Graham takes the Zhuangzi as preferring a private life, while the Daodejing (Laozi) contains an art of rule.
About Laozi, Sima Qian has given us an account that he was a senior of Confucius, so it is prattle to said that scholars would have placed him in around 4th century BC, not unless it is sourced, btw, both date of birth and death of Confucius came from Shiji, 47 and Chunqiu. 02:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC) Which chapter of Shiji is this from?
Tantai Mieming (澹臺滅明) as a native of Wu-chang. His courtesy name was Ziyu (子羽). Sima Qian said that Ziyu was 39 years younger than Confucius, but other records state that he was 49 years younger. He was excessively ugly, and Confucius thought poorly of his talents following consequence his first meeting with him.