Zi Shen (梓慎) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zi Shen was an Astrologer of Antiquity.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

BC 570 to BC 540 春秋
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 139
BC 550 to BC 500 梓慎（前世之识者）
Derived from the source · Book of Later Han 93, passage 70

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 63 Volume 63: Book of Wu 18: Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da 2 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 93 Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 1 passage

astrologer and prognosticator 占候之士
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 93, passage 70
canonical astrologer-diviner 占者
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 139

invoked, with Jiao and Dong, as the ancient standard of prognosticatory insight to which Fan Zhizhang was compared
Comparison · With Fan Zhizhang (樊志张) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Duan Jiong (段颎)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 70

Book of Later Han, Chapter 93Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 · 1 passage

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 63Volume 63: Book of Wu 18: Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da · 2 passages