Overview
The translated histories identify Huangfu Yu as a diviner. This record brings together 7 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 | Huangfu Yu | 皇甫玉 | Huangfu Yu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Uncertain
Roles
- Diviner
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: beheaded · Source Time: noonExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0127
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 顯祖時 / 天保 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:049:s0112
Family
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- Spouse of Wife of Huangfu Yu (其妻)Kinship Term: his wife / 其妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
Places and affiliations
- Unknown: true · Statement: origins unknownExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0112
Learning and skills
- Skill: physiognomy / 相人Explicit · beiqishu:049:s0113
Works and attributed material
- Kind: physiognomic-prediction · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: execution · Role: victim · Action: beheaded after prediction reported to emperor
- Kind: physiognomy-test · Role: tested-person · Action: identified ranks by touch while blindfolded
- Kind: physiognomy · Role: prognosticator · Prediction: man north of road would accomplish the enterpriseExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0114
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: skilled at physiognomy · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0113
References in the histories
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