Five Dynasties · Astronomer and Official

Wang Chune 王處訥

Attested AD 950

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Chune was an Astronomer and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 950 逢吉宿金祥殿之夜
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 48

Career and standing

Summer Office director of the Directorate of Astronomy 司天夏官正
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 48

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 48

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 48

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 30Volume 30 Later Han Biographies 10: Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao, Yang Bin, Wang Zhang, Liu Zhu, Li Ye, Nie Wenjin, Hou Zan, Guo Yunming · 1 passage

逢吉夜宿金祥殿東閣，謂司天夏官正王處訥曰：「昨夕未暝，已見李崧在側，生人接死者，無吉事也。」 Fengji spent the night in the eastern wing of the Jinxiang Hall and told Wang Chune, the Summer Office director of astronomy: “Last night, before dusk, I saw Li Song beside me—the living keeping company with the dead. Nothing good can come of that.”