Overview
The translated histories identify Liu Gen as a diviner, hermit, and teacher. This record brings together 5 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 | Liu Gen | 刘根 | Liu Gen |
| Personal name | Gen | 根 | Gen |
| Personal name | Liu Gen | 刘根 | Liu Gen |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0294
Roles
- Diviner
- Hermit
- Teacher
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 隐居嵩山中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 220Uncertain · houhanshu:093:s0295, houhanshu:093:s0296
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: lived-underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0294
- Place: Yingchuan / 颍川Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0294
- Place: Mount Song / 嵩山 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0295
Learning and skills
- Skill: making people see ghosts / 令人见鬼 · Level: ableExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0299
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0299
Events and relationships
- Kind: confrontation · Role: prisoner-adept · Action: summoned Shi Qi's dead kin to rebuke him then vanished
References in the histories
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