Master Luo (羅尊師) | 24 Histories

Overview

Master Luo was a Diviner.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 880 to AD 900 Chang'an before Luo Yin went east
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 133, 145

Places and affiliations

At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 133

Learning and skills

Skill physiognomy 相術 · Level deep
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 133

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Luo Yin (羅隱)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 135-139

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 5 passages

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時長安有羅尊師者，深於相術，隱以貌陋，恐為相術所棄，每與尊師接談，常自大以沮之。 In Chang'an there was a Master Luo skilled in physiognomy; Yin, fearing his looks would doom him, always bragged when they met to discourage a reading.

尊師笑曰：「貧道知之久矣，但以吾子決在一第，未可與語。 The master laughed: "I have known you long—but you are fated for only one jinshi success, and until now I could not tell you.

今日之事，貧道敢有所隱乎！ Today I dare hide nothing from you!

且吾子之於一第也，貧道觀之，雖首冠群英，亦不過簿尉爾。 Even if you topped the jinshi list, I see you rising no higher than a county clerk or sheriff.

隱謂知之，因盡以尊師之言告之。 Thinking she might understand, he told her everything the master had said.