Overview
Tian Wen was a Diviner.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 80 to BC 70 三君微賤時Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 202
- BC 80 to BC 70 相工本謂之當為侯代父Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 227, 230
Career and standing
- physiognomist 相工Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 227, 230
- skilled physiognomist 善相工Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 202
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation AssociatedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 227
- At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Active inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 202
Works and attributed material
- Prediction · Speaker · With Xuancheng (玄成) · Paraphrased · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 227, 230
- Speech · Speaker · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Tian Wen (田文)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 202
Events and relationships
- Predicted marquisate and paternal successionDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 227
- Predicted three future chancellorsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 202-203
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment foreknew-father-and-son-chancellorship · With Xuancheng (玄成) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 230
- Assessment remarkable foresight · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 203
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 227
References in the histories
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