Sagely Ancestor (聖祖)

Overview

The translated histories identify Sagely Ancestor as a religious leader. 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	Sagely Ancestor	聖祖	Shengzu
Religious name	Sagely Ancestor	聖祖	Shèngzǔ
Title	Sagely Ancestor	聖祖

Identity

Historicity: Uncertain
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Religious Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光元年冬十二月辛卯 · Western Year: AD 923
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:141:s0116

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage

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同光元年冬十二月辛卯，亳州太清宮道士上言，聖祖殿前枯檜再生一枝，畫圖以進。 On the xinmao day of the twelfth month of winter in the first year of Tongguang, a Daoist priest of Taiqing Palace in Bo Prefecture reported that a withered cypress before the Hall of the Sagely Ancestor had sprouted a new branch. He submitted a painted record of the event.