Overview
Dong Fu was a Prognosticator and Palace Attendant.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Mao'an | 茂安 | Mao'an |
| Nickname | Zhizhi | 至止 |
Life and dates
Death
- Circumstance died at eighty-two after returning home · Source Text 年八十二卒Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 101
- At at home 於家Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 154
Age
- 82Reckoning Chinese years (年八十二) · At Event deathDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 101
- 82Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 154
Attested activity
- AD 188 出為監軍使者，領益州牧Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passages 8, 141
- AD 167 永康元年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passages 145-146
- AD 188 求出为益州牧（去后一岁帝崩之前一年）Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 93, passage 99
- AD 168 to AD 189 灵帝时Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 97
- AD 188 董扶之辭Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 123
- AD 189 靈帝崩Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 153
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- teacher 讲授disciples came from afar to hear himDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 95
- commandant of the dependent state of Shu commandery 蜀郡属国都尉AD 188 求出为益州牧（去后一岁帝崩之前一年） · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 99
- Palace Attendant 侍中Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 97
- palace attendant 侍中AppointedDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passages 8, 150
- commandant of the dependent state of Shu commandery 蜀郡属国都尉AD 189 去後一歲，帝崩 · Resigned · Cause The emperor's death and the collapse of the realmDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 100
- summoned ten times by the offices of the chief ministers and three times by the imperial coach, and twice recommended as Worthy and Good, Square and Upright, Erudite and Possessed of the Way; each time he pleaded illness and did not goDeclined all summonses · Negated true · Source Text 皆稱疾不就Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 96
Places and affiliations
- At Guanghan 廣漢Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 8
- At Mianzhu, Guanghan commandery 广汉绵竹 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 93
- entered Shu together with Liu YanAD 188 求出为益州牧（去后一岁帝崩之前一年） · At Shu 蜀 · Relation Moved toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 99
Learning and skills
- Studied atInstitution Imperial Academy 太学 · Life Stage youth · Teacher Person Id Yang Hou (杨厚) · Subjects charts and prophecies 图谶Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 94
Works and attributed material
- AD 168 to AD 189 灵帝时Prophecy · Speaker · With Liu Yan (刘焉) · Quoted · Summary privately told Liu Yan that the capital was about to fall into chaos and that the field division of Yi province held the aura of a Son of HeavenDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 98
- Speech · Speaker · Interlocutor Person Id Liu Yan (刘焉)Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 8
Events and relationships
- equally renowned with his fellow townsman Ren An, with whom he studiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 94
- served Yang Hou of the same commandery and studied charts and propheciesDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 94
- Relation Adviser of · Person Liu Yan (刘焉) · Liu Yan heard Dong Fu's phrasesDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 123
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment greatly valued at court (甚見器重) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 97
- AD 223 to AD 234 蜀丞相诸葛亮问广汉秦密（无纪年）Assessment praises good as fine as an autumn hair and condemns evil as small as a fibre · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Qin Mi (秦密)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 103-104
Source notes
- when Liu Bei later declared himself Son of Heaven in Shu, everything happened as Dong Fu had saidDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 102
References in the histories
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