Overview
The translated histories identify Jiao as a diviner. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Jiao | 焦 | Jiao |
| Surname | Jiao | 焦 | Jiao |
| Personal name | Jiao Yanshou | 焦延寿 | Jiao Yanshou |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Uncertain
Roles
- Diviner
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 焦（前世之识者） · Western Interval: Start: BC 100 · End: BC 40Derived · houhanshu:093:s0070
Career and standing
- Label: diviner of the Changes / 占者Strongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0070
Source notes
- Field: identity · Statement: the Chinese gives only the surname 焦; the literal English identifies him as Jiao Yanshou · Witness: literal English renderingTextual variant · houhanshu:093:s0070
- Kind: comparison · Statement: invoked, with Zi Shen and Dong, as a standard of prognosticatory insight to which Fan Zhizhang was compared · Other Person Id: Fan Zhizhang (樊志张) · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Duan Jiong (段颎)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0070
References in the histories
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