Five Dynasties · Monk

Mount Tai monk 泰山僧

Attested AD 933

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mount Tai monk was a Monk.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 933 長興四年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 90

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 90

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Book of Later Tang 20: Mingzong Annals 10 · 2 passages

初，帝不豫，前淄州刺史劉遂清薦泰山僧一人，雲善醫，及召見，乃庸僧耳。 When the Emperor had first fallen ill Liu Suiqing, former prefect of Zi, recommended a Mount Tai monk said to be a fine physician; when summoned the man proved to be a mere charlatan.

問方藥，僧曰：「不工醫，嘗於泰山中親睹嶽神，謂僧曰：『吾第三子威靈可愛，而未有爵秩，師為我請之。』」 Asked for remedies the monk said, "I am no physician. Once on Mount Tai I saw the god of the peak, who told me, 'My third son is full of majesty yet has no rank; please obtain one for him.'"