Sui and Tang · Nun Who Foretold Military Calamity

Lofty Nun of Fuyang 高尼

Attested AD 892 - AD 893

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lofty Nun of Fuyang was a Nun Who Foretold Military Calamity.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 892 to AD 893 唐景福中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 141, passage 132

Works and attributed material

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Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 141, passage 132

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage

識者云：「唐景福中，盧彥威浮陽壕水有樹文亦如此，時有高尼辭郡人曰：『此地當有兵難。』 Those versed in omens remarked, "In the Jingfu era of Tang, tree patterns likewise appeared on the moat water at Fuyang under Lu Yanwei. At the time a nun took leave of the people of the commandery, saying, 'This place will suffer military calamity.'"