Overview
The translated histories identify Dong as a diviner and scholar. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Dong | 董 | Dong |
| Surname | Dong | 董 | Dong |
| Personal name | Dong Jun | 董君 | Dong Jun |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Uncertain
Roles
- Diviner
- Scholar
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 董（前世之识者） · Western Interval: Start: BC 179 · End: BC 104Derived · houhanshu:093:s0070
Career and standing
- Label: master of portents / 识灾异者Strongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0070
Source notes
- Field: identity · Statement: the Chinese gives only the surname 董; the literal English identifies him as Dong Jun · Witness: literal English renderingTextual variant · houhanshu:093:s0070
- Kind: comparison · Statement: invoked, with Zi Shen and Jiao, as a standard of prognosticatory insight to which Fan Zhizhang was compared · Other Person Id: Fan Zhizhang (樊志张) · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Duan Jiong (段颎)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0070
References in the histories
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