Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Diviner, Writer, and Official

Guo Pu 璞

Pu

Attested AD 307 - AD 321

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Pu was a Diviner, Writer, and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 307 to AD 317 元帝初鎮鄴
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 61-62
AD 317 及帝為晉王
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 64-65
AD 318 太興初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passages 66-69
AD 318 to AD 321 陛下即位以來
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 73; jinshu:072:s0073a23

Career and standing

Assistant Editorial Officer 著作佐郎
AD 318 後復作《南郊賦》 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 72, passage 72

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 72-73

Learning and skills

Skill divination 筮 · Level practiced
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 61, 64; jinshu:072:s0073a01

Works and attributed material

River Fu 江賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 71
Southern Suburb Fu 南郊賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 72
Memorial · Author · With Yuan Emperor (元帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 73; jinshu:072:s0073a01; jinshu:072:s0073a02; jinshu:072:s0073a03; jinshu:072:s0073a04; jinshu:072:s0073a05; jinshu:072:s0073a06; jinshu:072:s0073a07; jinshu:072:s0073a08; jinshu:072:s0073a09; jinshu:072:s0073a10; jinshu:072:s0073a11; jinshu:072:s0073a12; jinshu:072:s0073a13; jinshu:072:s0073a14; jinshu:072:s0073a15; jinshu:072:s0073a16; jinshu:072:s0073a17; jinshu:072:s0073a18; jinshu:072:s0073a19; jinshu:072:s0073a20; jinshu:072:s0073a21; jinshu:072:s0073a22; jinshu:072:s0073a23; jinshu:072:s0073a24; jinshu:072:s0073a25; jinshu:072:s0073a26; jinshu:072:s0073a27; jinshu:072:s0073a28; jinshu:072:s0073a29; jinshu:072:s0073a30; jinshu:072:s0073a31; jinshu:072:s0073a32; jinshu:072:s0073a33; jinshu:072:s0073a34
Oral divination · Speaker · With Yuan Emperor (元帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 64-65
Oral divination · Speaker · With Wang Dao (導) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 61-62
Oral interpretation · Speaker · With Yuan Emperor (元帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 67-69

Events and relationships

Cast lots Xian to Jing
AD 307 to AD 317 元帝初鎮鄴 · Divination · Diviner · With Yuan Emperor (元帝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 61-63
Cast lots Yu to Kui
AD 317 及帝為晉王 · Divination · Diviner · With Yuan Emperor (元帝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 64-65
Declared clappers and bell as mandate tallies
AD 318 太興初 · Omen interpretation · Interpreter · With Yuan Emperor (元帝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 67-69
Divined at year beginning Jie to Jiji
Divination · Diviner · Mode self-report Speaker Guo Pu (璞)
Directly stated · jinshu:072:s0073a01
Submitted memorial on punishments and omens
Memorial · Author · With Yuan Emperor (元帝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passages 73-74

Assessments and attributes

Assessment River Fu phrasing very grand and praised by the age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 72, passage 71

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 42: Guo Pu; Ge Hong · 5 passages

時元帝初鎮鄴，導令璞筮之，遇《咸》之《井》，璞曰：「東北郡縣有『武』名者，當出鐸，以著受命之符。 While Yuan Emperor still held Ye, Wang Dao had Guo Pu cast lots; the hexagram ran Concord turning into Well: "A county northeast bearing the syllable Wu will yield bronze clappers proving Heaven's mandate.

及帝為晉王，又使璞筮，遇《豫》之《睽》，璞曰：「會稽當出鐘，以告成功，上有勒銘，應在人家井泥中得之。 After Sima Rui became Jin prince Guo Pu cast again; Rest turning into Opposition foretold: "Kuaiji will yield a triumph bell bearing an inscription dredged from household wells.

璞曰：「蓋王者之作，必有靈符，塞天人之心，與神物合契，然後可以言受命矣。 Guo Pu declared: "True kings always earn spirit tallies that seal heaven and men's wills and align with sacred relics—only then may they speak of mandate.

璞著《江賦》，其辭甚偉，為世所稱。 Guo Pu's River Fu moved readers with its grandeur.

于時陰陽錯繆，而刑獄繁興，璞上疏曰：臣聞《春秋》之義，貴元慎始，故分至啟閉以觀雲物，所以顯天人之統，存休咎之徵。 At that time yin and yang were in confusion and criminal punishments and prisons were multiplying, so Guo Pu submitted a memorial: I have heard that the meaning of the Chunqiu values making the beginning correct and cautious; therefore the divisions, solstices, openings, and closings are used to observe clouds and phenomena, revealing the unity of Heaven and man and preserving signs of good and ill.