Xu, Gan, 171-218

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Xu, Gan, 171-218
Other forms of name
Hsü, Kan, 171-218
Hsü, Wei-chʻang, 171-218
Xu, Weichang, 171-218
Date of birth
0171
Date of death
0218
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 76556666
Wikidata: Q621373
Library of congress: nr 93007006
TAU10: 000190294
Sources of Information
  • OCLC #27849992, Feb. 9, 2020(access point: 徐幹, 171-218 = Xu, Gan, 171-218)
  • Shen chien Chung lun hsüan i, 1991:forward (Hsü Kan, 171-218; t. Wei-chʻang; author of Chung lun)
  • SOURCE: v HARVARD YENCHING LIBRARY - CHINESE CATALOGUE ; v CDMARC NAMES, MAR. 1994 ; v CHINESE CAT. (LIU) / FH

Wikipedia description:

Xu Gan (Chinese: 徐幹, pinyin Xú Gàn, 171 – March or April 218?), courtesy name Weichang (偉長), was a Chinese philosopher, poet and official of the late Eastern Han dynasty, and one of the "Seven Scholars of Jian'an". He is best known in the West for his discourse on the relationship between the names and actualities, preserved in his treatise Zhonglun (中論), or "Balanced Discourses".

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