Overview
Wu Xian was an official and Diviner.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityUncertain · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- legendary antiquityDirectly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 117; Draft History of Qing 28, passage 27
- legendary antiquityStrongly inferred · History of Liao 44, passage 41
- BC 1476 太戊時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 8
- BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 105
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3 Annals of Yin 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 98 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 1 passage
- History of Liao, Chapter 44 Volume 44 Treatises 14: Celestial Phenomena 3 1 passage
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 28 Volume 28 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3, Sun, Moon, and the Five Planets, Fixed Stars, Yellow and Red Paths, the Twelve Stations, and Lunar Lodges, Hun Dan Zhong Xing 1 passage
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34 House of Yan Shaogong 1 passage
Places and affiliations
- Organization three houses of star catalogs 三家 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · History of Liao 44, passages 41, 45
Works and attributed material
- star charts of Wu Xian 巫咸圖經Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Liao 44, passage 41
- star charts 星圖Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 27
Events and relationships
- Relation Works compiled by · Person Chen Zhuo (陳卓)Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 27
Source notes
- Historicity legendaryStrongly inferred · History of Liao 44, passage 41; Draft History of Qing 28, passage 27
References in the histories
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