Overview
Huangfu Yu was a Physiognomer.
Life and dates
Death
- Beheaded · Source Time noonDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 127
Attested activity
- AD 550 to AD 559 顯祖時 / 天保Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 112
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Wife of Huangfu Yu (其妻)his wife 其妻Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 124-126
Places and affiliations
- origins unknownUnknown trueDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 112
Learning and skills
- Skill physiognomy 相人Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 113
Works and attributed material
- Physiognomic prediction · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 114, 116-117, 119, 121, 123-124, 126
Events and relationships
- Beheaded after prediction reported to emperorExecution · VictimDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 124-127
- Identified ranks by touch while blindfoldedPhysiognomy test · Tested personDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 115-120
- Physiognomy · Prognosticator · Prediction man north of road would accomplish the enterpriseDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 114
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment skilled at physiognomy · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 113
References in the histories
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