Ruan Xian

3rd century Chinese scholar and musician
Person human Q3270479
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Ruan Xian

Summary

Ruan Xian is a human[1]. His place of birth was Q15931560[2]. He was born on +0234-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He died on +0305-00-00T00:00:00Z[4]. He worked as a musician[5], poet[6], chinovnik[7], and philosopher[8]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Ruan Xian's place of birth was Q15931560[2].
  • Ruan Xian was born on +0234-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Ruan Xian died on +0305-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].
  • Ruan Xian's father was Ruan Xi[10].
  • A child of Ruan Xian was Ruan Fu[11].
  • A child of Ruan Xian was Ruan Zhan[12].
  • Ruan Xian held citizenship in Jin dynasty[13].
  • Ruan Xian held citizenship in Eastern Jin dynasty[14].
  • Ruan Xian worked as a musician[5].
  • Ruan Xian's professions included poet[6].
  • Ruan Xian worked as a chinovnik[7].
  • Ruan Xian's professions included philosopher[8].
  • Ruan Xian's image is recorded as Rong Qiqi and Ruan Xian.JPG[15].
  • Ruan Xian is recorded as male[16].
  • Ruan Xian's instance of is recorded as human[17].
  • Ruan Xian's ancestral home is recorded as Weishi County[18].
  • Ruan Xian's part of is recorded as Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove[19].
  • Ruan Xian's CBDB ID is recorded as 0029617[20].
  • Ruan Xian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ch5mz[21].
  • Ruan Xian's family name is recorded as Ruan[22].
  • Ruan Xian's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '阮咸'}[23].
  • Ruan Xian's courtesy name is recorded as 仲容[24].
  • Ruan Xian's name in kana is recorded as げん かん[25].
  • Ruan Xian's Geni.com profile ID is recorded as 6000000074792548984[26].
  • Ruan Xian's Japan Search name ID is recorded as 阮咸[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Ruan Xian was born in Q15931560[2]. He was born on +0234-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. His father was Ruan Xi[10].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include musician[5], poet[6], chinovnik[7], and philosopher[8].

Personal Life

Children include Ruan Fu[11], a politician[28], 0278–0326[29], of Eastern Jin dynasty[30] and Ruan Zhan[12], 0281–0310[31], of Western Jin dynasty[32].

Death and Burial

Ruan Xian died on +0305-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].

Why It Matters

Ruan Xian ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

FAQs

Where was Ruan Xian born?

Ruan Xian was born in Q15931560[2].

Who were Ruan Xian's parents?

Ruan Xian's father was Ruan Xi[10].

What did Ruan Xian do for work?

Ruan Xian worked as musician[5], poet[6], chinovnik[7], and philosopher[8].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . wikidata.org.
  18. [4] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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