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Cai Yong

Chinese official and scholar (132-192)
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Cai Yong
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
133
Date of death
192
Place of birth
Qi County
Place of death
Chang'an
Country of citizenship
Eastern Han[13]
Ethnic group
Han Chinese people[15]
Occupation
astronomer, historian, writer, politician, musician, calligrapher[5][6][7][8][9][16]
Religion or worldview
Confucianism[17]
Father
Wikidata item[10]
Child
Cai Yan, Wikidata item[11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Chinese
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Courtesy name
伯喈
Described by source
Book of the Later Han, Dongguan Han Ji[21][22]
Different from
Cai Yong
Family name
Cai[19]
Manner of death
capital punishment[20]
Name in kana
さい よう
Native language
Chinese[14]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 33
ISNI
0000000063123762
VIAF cluster ID
15069918
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no89006115
GND ID
132786591
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15115343j
CBDB ID
0135023
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01391104
CiNii Research ID
1140845216575186560
Ctext data entity ID
983741
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
195028
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
31hifD
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
80738
Show all 33 identifiers +21
Europeana entity
agent/base/163334
FAST ID
250452
Freebase ID
/m/0ch6lw
HKCAN ID
9811104917103406
IdRef ID
260280062
J9U entity ID
987007314410705171
Japan Search name ID
蔡邕
Libraries Australia ID
36675297
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA10314628
NDL Authority ID
00747143
NLA Trove people ID
1386215
NLC authorities
000172887
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202002152
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
177076577
Open Library ID
OL5369226A, OL5187073A
SBN author ID
RMSV108513
Shanghai Library person ID
ep3dfu34sfkkq787, kvqy7on304qkv6b6
Topic's main category
Category:Cai Yong
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJB4dXbfGthyPXcmVJjcT3
Yale LUX ID
person/32e187e0-f167-4172-a592-01423120a8db
Zhihu topic ID
20028771

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Occupation 5
writer, politician, musician, historian, astronomer
Described by source 2
Book of the Later Han, Dongguan Han Ji
Child 1
Cai Yan
Children (paternal) 1
Cai Yan
Country of citizenship 1
Eastern Han
Family name 1
Cai
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Chinese
Manner of death 1
capital punishment
Native language 1
Chinese
Place of birth 1
Qi County
Place of death 1
Chang'an
Religion or worldview 1
Confucianism
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Cai Yong's place of birth was Qi County[1]. He was born on January 1, 133[2]. He died in Chang'an[3]. He died on January 1, 192[4]. He worked as an astronomer[5], historian[6], writer[7], politician[8], and musician[9].

Body

Personal Life

Children include Cai Yan[11], a poet[23], 0177–0249[24], of Eastern Han[25], specialised in poetry[26] and Q76825195[12].

FAQs

Where was Cai Yong born?

Cai Yong's place of birth was Qi County[1].

Where did Cai Yong die?

Cai Yong died in Chang'an[3].

Who were Cai Yong's parents?

Cai Yong's father was Q123179347[10].

What did Cai Yong do for work?

Cai Yong worked as astronomer[5], historian[6], writer[7], politician[8], and musician[9].

Related Entities

Book of the Later Han

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57984: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 31hifD
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → astronomer, historian, writer +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32149: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
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