Overview
Bian Gang was a Diviner and Astrologer.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 874 to AD 879 唐乾符中Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 5-12
Career and standing
- diviner 術士Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 5
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Active underDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 3, 5
Learning and skills
- Skill astronomy 天文 · Level masterDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 5
- Skill yin-yang and calendrical reckoning 陰陽曆數 · Level masterDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 5
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Wang Duo (王鐸) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Bian Gang (邊岡)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 6-7, 9-12
Events and relationships
- Interpreted Jupiter in Dipper as Zhu emperorship omenDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 6-7, 9-12
- Relation Summoned by · Person Wang Duo (王鐸)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 6, 8-9
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment surpassed Jing Fang and Guan Luo in foresight and calendrical learning · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 5
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 5
- Predicted a future ruler surnamed Zhu within three twelve-year periods based on Jupiter in the DipperDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 11-12
References in the histories
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