Qin and Han · Diviner

Shengqing □圣卿

Attested AD 25 - AD 220

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shengqing was a Diviner.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 220 又河南有□圣卿
Uncertain · Book of Later Han 93, passage 340

Places and affiliations

At Henan 河南 · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 340

Learning and skills

Skill cinnabar talismanic binding of spirits 丹书符劾 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 340

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 93Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 · 1 passage

又河南有□圣卿，善为丹书符劾，厌杀鬼神而使命之。 Henan also had a certain Shengqing—one character of his name is lost in the text—who painted cinnabar talismans, smothered malignant spirits, and drafted them as servants.