Overview
Xu Zun was a Diviner and Official.
IdentityHistorical
Found inBook of Northern Qi
Life and dates
Death
- c. AD 559 顯祖十月崩前九月Circumstance died in the ninth month before Xianzu's tenth-month deathDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 86
Attested activity
- AD 543 武定初Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 72
Career and standing
- Recorder in the opening staff's field bureau 開府田曹記室AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 77
Places and affiliations
- At Gaoyang 高陽Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 72
Learning and skills
- Skill astronomy and physiognomy 天文、占相Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 73
- Skill milfoil divination 筮Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 73
Works and attributed material
- Prophecy · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 75, 78-79, 81, 84-85
Events and relationships
- AD 543 武定初Military prophecy · Prognosticator · Event Mang campaign · Prediction defeat because fire overcame woodDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 75-76
- Prophecy · Prognosticator · Prediction Yue's Jiangling expedition would bring calamityDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 79, 83
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment divinations verified as if spirit-like · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 73
References in the histories
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