Overview
Guo Pu was an official and Diviner.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Life and dates
Death
- AD 324 時年四十九Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 143, 154-155
Age
- 49Reckoning Sui · Context at deathDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 155
Attested activity
- AD 317 to AD 318 中興初Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 151
- AD 324 明帝即位逾年,未改號Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 112-113, 115
- AD 324 時年四十九Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 143, 155
- AD 323 to AD 324 母憂/未期Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 105, 108
- AD 324 王敦作難/謀逆Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 111, 129, 135
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Guo Pu (郭璞母)mother 母Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 105
- Kinship Role wives · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 121
Career and standing
- Secretary of Headquarters 記室參軍Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 108
- Grand Administrator of Hongnong 弘農太守AD 324 及王敦平 · Posthumously grantedDated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 156
- posthumous governorship of Hongnong 追贈弘農太守AD 324 及王敦平 · BestowedDated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 156
- left office for mother's mourning 以母憂去職Mourning · EnteredDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 105
- SeizedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 143
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 108, 112, 115
- AD 317 to AD 318 中興初At Yue City 越城 · Relation Travelled throughDated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 151
- At Wuchang 武昌 · Relation Advised other to remain · With Wang Dun (王敦)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 140
- At home on leave 休歸 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 113
- At Jiyang 暨陽 · Relation Sojourned atDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 105, 114
Learning and skills
- Skill divination and burial siting 卜筮/葬 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 105, 129, 135
Works and attributed material
- Requested era change and amnestyMemorial · Author · Paraphrased · 文多不載Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 115
- Edict · Addressee · With Ming Emperor (明帝) · ParaphrasedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 113
- 殺我者山宗Prediction · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 134
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Wang Dun (王敦)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 139-140
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Huan Yi (桓彝)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 122-123, 125-127
- 嗣祖,嗣祖,焉知非福!Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 110
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- 此葬龍耳,不出三年當致天子也。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 117
- 但取,後自當知。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 152
- 命盡今日日中。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 142
- 大吉。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 130
- 無成。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 136
- 當即為陸矣。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 106
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 146, 148
Events and relationships
- Chose gravesiteRitual · Diviner · At Jiyang 暨陽Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 105
- Died in Wang Dun catastropheDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 128
- Directed burialDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 116-117, 119
- Foretold failure of raising troopsDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 135-136
- Gave riding clothes to future executionerAD 317 to AD 318 中興初 · Personal · Donor · At Yue City 越城Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 151-154
- Hedged on Wang Dun rebellionDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 129
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- Identified execution site and magpie nestPrediction · Diviner · At South Ridge 南岡Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 144, 146-148, 150
- Predicted siltation at tombPrediction · Diviner · At Jiyang 暨陽 · Outcome Sand rose and mulberry fields stretched tens of li beyond the tombDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 106-107
- Privy offering with bladeDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 124
- Pronounced greatly auspicious forDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 130
- Slandered before Wang DunDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 134
- Wept forDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 110
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Wang Dun (王敦)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 108, 135
- Relation Suspected by · Person Wang Dun (王敦)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 137
- Relation Friend of · Person Huan Yi (桓彝)Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 121
Assessments and attributes
- Item blade 刀 · Relation UsedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 124
- Item riding clothes 袴褶 · Relation BestowedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 151-152
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 105
References in the histories
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