Overview
The translated histories identify Gan Shi as a diviner. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gan Shi | 甘始 | Gan Shi |
| Personal name | Gan Shi | 甘始 | Gan Shi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0351
Roles
- Diviner
Life and dates
Age
- Stated Age: more than one hundred up to two hundredExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0355
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 甘始、元放、延年皆为操所录 · Western Interval: Start: AD 196 · End: AD 220Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:093:s0353
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: lived-underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0353
Learning and skills
- Belief: Rongcheng sexual cultivation and qi-hoarding arts / 容成御妇人术 · Relation: practitioner-ofExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0352
References in the histories
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