Ancient China · Legendary omen figure

White-bearded old man

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

White-bearded old man was a Legendary omen figure.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 128

Source notes

Legendary omen figure
Uncertain · Old Book of Tang 185, passages 128, 132

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 2 passages

先是，有鄰人密謂弘信曰：「某嘗夜遇一白鬚翁，相告雲，君當為土地主。 Earlier a neighbor had told Hongxin in secret, "One night I met a white-bearded old man who said to me, 'Your neighbor shall be lord of this land.

弘信即應之曰：「白鬚翁早以命我。」 Hongxin answered at once, "The white-bearded old man long ago destined me for it."