Overview
The translated histories identify Jing Fang as a diviner and scholar. 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 | Jing Fang | 京房 | Jing Fang |
| Personal name | Jing Fang | 京房 | Jing Fang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0045
Roles
- Diviner
- Scholar
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 前世京房 · Western Interval: Start: BC 77 · End: BC 37Derived · houhanshu:093:s0045
Career and standing
- Label: diviner and Changes specialist / 占卜之士Strongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0045
Source notes
- Kind: comparison · Statement: invoked as the standard of divinatory skill from an earlier age, to whom contemporaries likened Xu Jun · Other Person Id: Xu Jun (许峻) · Source Text: 时人方之前世京房 · Provenance: Mode: contemporary-opinionExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0045
References in the histories
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