Divided Wood | 24 Histories

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Divided Wood was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 930 明年，張從賓反，命重績筮之，遇《隨》，曰：「南瞻析木，木不自
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 215

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Miscellaneous Biographies 37: Li Song, Li Lin, Jia Wei, Duan Xiyao, Zhang Yun, Wang Song, Pei Hao, Wang Renyu, Pei Yu, Wang Yan, Ma Zhongji, Zhao Yanyi · 1 passage

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明年，張從賓反，命重績筮之，遇《隨》，曰：「南瞻析木，木不自續，虛而動之，動隨其覆。 The next year Zhang Congbin rebelled; Jingtang ordered Zhongji to divine and obtained Following; he said, "Looking south at the Divided Wood star, wood cannot sustain itself; though empty it stirs—when it moves it follows to its fall.