Overview
Zhao Bing was an Exorcist Healer.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Gong'a | 公阿 | Gong'a |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 184 to AD 220 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年）Arrested and executed · Responsible Person Id Magistrate of Zhang'an (章安令) · Cause The magistrate of Zhang'an hated him for deluding the masses · At Zhang'an 章安Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 221
Attested activity
- AD 184 to AD 220 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年）Derived from the source · Book of Later Han 93, passages 209-210, 213
Places and affiliations
- At Dongyang 东阳 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 209
- went east into Zhang'an after Xu Deng's death, where the people did not yet know himAD 184 to AD 220 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · At Zhang'an 章安 · Relation Moved toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 217
Learning and skills
- Belief purity and frugality in worship 贵尚清俭 · Relation Adherent of · in worshipping the spirits used only east-flowing water for libations and shaved mulberry bark for dried meatDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 215
- Skill Yue formulas (exorcistic techniques) 越方 · Level expertDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 209
Events and relationships
- Purposely climbed onto a thatched hut, set up a tripod and cooked there; the food was done and the house was undamaged, while he laughed and did not answer the startled hostAD 184 to AD 220 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Uncanny · PractitionerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 218-219
- Sealed a withered tree so that it immediately sprouted shoots, after which the two men laughed and practised their way togetherDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 213
- When the boatman refused to ferry him he spread his canopy, sat within it, gave a long whistle to call the wind and crossed the turbulent currentAD 184 to AD 220 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Uncanny · Practitioner · Outcome The people thought him divine and followers flocked to him as if returning homeDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 220
- served the elder Xu Deng as his masterDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 214
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment thought divine by the common people, who submitted to him · Source Text 于是百姓神服，从者如归 · Mode popular-reportDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 220
- Item a shrine chamber at Yongkang 祠室于永康 · Relation Commemorated by · erected for him by the people; down to the time of writing no mosquitoes or gnats could enter itDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 222
References in the histories
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