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Shi Jingzhong was a Diviner.
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 8 passages
明年，慎矜父冢草木皆流血，懼，以問所善胡人史敬忠。
The following year, plants and trees at Shenjin's father's tomb seemed to bleed. Alarmed, he consulted the foreigner Shi Jingzhong, a man he trusted.
敬忠使身桎梏，裸而坐林中厭之。
Jingzhong had himself shackled, stripped naked, and sat in the woods performing counter-sorcery.
會婢春草有罪，將殺之，敬忠曰：「勿殺，賣之可市十牛，歲耕田十頃。」
When the maid Chuncao was found guilty and about to be executed, Jingzhong said, "Do not kill her. Sell her and you can buy ten oxen — enough to farm ten qing of land each year."
對曰：「固將死，賴史敬忠以免。」
She answered, "She was about to be killed, but Shi Jingzhong persuaded him to spare her."
帝素聞敬忠挾術，間質其然。
The emperor had long heard that Jingzhong dabbled in occult arts and now pressed her on the point.
婢具言敬忠夜過慎矜，坐廷中，步星變，夜分乃去；
The maid described how Jingzhong had visited Shenjin at night, sat in the courtyard performing star-walking rites, and did not leave until midnight;
溫又誘敬忠首服詰言，慎矜不能對。
Ji Wen then coerced Jingzhong into confessing and testifying against him, and Shenjin had no answer.
有詔杖敬忠，賜慎矜、瑄死，籍其家，子女悉置嶺南。
An edict ordered Jingzhong beaten, condemned Shenjin and Zhang Xuan to death, confiscated their families' property, and sent all their children to Lingnan.