Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Named Individual

Old man in cinnabar robes 硃衣父老

Attested AD 348

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Old man in cinnabar robes was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 348 永和四年
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 109, passages 143, 145, 147

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Murong Huang (慕容皝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 143

Events and relationships

Warned against hunting
Omen · Apparition
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 143

Source notes

Historicity uncertain
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 109, passage 143

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 109Volume 109 Records 9: Murong Huang · 1 passage

皝嘗畋於西鄙，將濟河，見一父老，服硃衣，乘白馬，舉手麾皝曰：「此非獵所，王其還也。」 While hunting on the western frontier Murong Huang was about to cross a river when he saw an old man in cinnabar robes on a white horse, who waved him off and said, "This is not a place for hunting; Your Majesty should return."