Qin and Han · Classicist and Court Astrologer

Han Shuo 韩说

Attested AD 178 - AD 185

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Han Shuo as an administrator, astrologer, diviner, and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Han Shuo 韩说 Han Shuo
Personal name Han Shuo 韩说 Han Shuo
Courtesy name Shuru 叔儒 Shuru

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Astrologer
  • Diviner
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

Age

  • Age: 70 · Reckoning: Chinese years (年七十) · At Event: death
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0092

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 光和元年十月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Reign Name: 光和 · Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 178
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0088
  • Source Date: Text: 中平二年二月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Reign Name: 中平 · Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 185
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0090

Career and standing

  • Label: Grand Administrator of Jiangxia / 江夏太守 · Action: dismissed · Cause: an affair of public business (公事)
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0092
  • Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0087
  • Label: Grand Administrator of Jiangxia / 江夏太守 · Action: transferred · Jurisdiction: Jiangxia commandery / 江夏
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0092

Places and affiliations

  • Place: Shanyin, Kuaiji commandery / 会稽山阴 · Relation: native-of
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0082

Learning and skills

  • Action: mastered · Subjects: the Five Classics / 五经, chart and apocrypha learning / 图纬之学
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0083
  • Credential: Filial and Incorrupt / 孝廉 · Action: nominated
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0084

Works and attributed material

  • Work: fu, hymns and linked pearls / 赋、颂、连珠 · Relation: author · Action: submitted to the throne
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0086
  • Kind: prediction · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Ling (灵帝) · Status: paraphrased · Summary: told Emperor Ling that a solar eclipse would certainly fall on the last day of the month and asked that the hundred officials be in full dress · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光和元年十月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Reign Name: 光和 · Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 178
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0088
  • Kind: sealed memorial · Role: author · Status: paraphrased · Summary: fixed a date on which a disaster would strike the palace · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中平二年二月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Reign Name: 中平 · Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 185
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0090
  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Status: paraphrased · Summary: repeatedly set forth disasters and portents to the throne
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0086

Events and relationships

  • Kind: prophecy-fulfilment · Role: prognosticator · Action: on the day he had fixed the Southern Palace caught fire · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中平二年二月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Reign Name: 中平 · Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 185
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0090, houhanshu:093:s0091
  • Kind: prophecy-fulfilment · Role: prognosticator · Other Person Id: Emperor Ling (灵帝) · Action: the emperor followed his advice and the eclipse occurred as predicted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光和元年十月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Reign Name: 光和 · Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 178
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0088, houhanshu:093:s0089
  • Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Cai Yong (蔡邕) · Description: on friendly terms with the consultant Cai Yong
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0085

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 93Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 · 3 passages
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