Overview
Wang Bai was an Astronomer and Diviner.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 961 應曆11年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 6, passage 161
- AD 961 穆宗應歷十一年Directly stated · History of Liao 42, passage 231
- AD 969 應歷十九年Directly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 65
- AD 969 to AD 979 保寧中Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 108, passage 68
- AD 947 天祿元年Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 108, passages 17-18
- AD 947 太宗入汴得之Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 108, passage 64
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Associate Director of the Bureau of Astronomy 司天少監Held · Polity Jin 晉Directly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 64
- Astronomical Bureau director 司天HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 6, passage 161
- official of the Directorate of Astronomy 司天HeldDirectly stated · History of Liao 42, passage 231
- military commissioner of the Xingguo Army 興國軍節度使AD 969 to AD 979 保寧中 · ServedDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 68
- military commissioner of the Zhangwu Army 彰武軍節度使AD 969 to AD 979 保寧中 · ServedDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 68
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Liao 42, passage 231; History of Liao 108, passages 64, 68
- At Jizhou 冀州Directly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 64
Learning and skills
- Skill divination and milfoil 卜筮 · Level excelledDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 64
- Skill astronomy 天文 · Level understoodDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 64
Works and attributed material
- Song of a Hundred Hits 百中歌Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 69
- Divination · Speaker · With Mother of Zhizhimei · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 65
- Divination · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passages 18, 21
Events and relationships
- Obtained byDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 64
- Predicted chestnut horseDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passages 18, 20-21
- Predicted survival and kingshipDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passages 65-66
- Presented calendarAD 961 穆宗應歷十一年 · Scholarly · PresenterDirectly stated · History of Liao 42, passage 231
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment no great gains or losses; fitting to record · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Liao 108, passage 61
References in the histories
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