Qin and Han · Diviner

Wang Zhen 王真

Attested AD 196 - AD 220

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Zhen as a diviner. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Zhen 王真 Wang Zhen
Personal name Wang Zhen 王真 Wang Zhen

Identity

Historicity
Uncertain
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diviner

Life and dates

Age

Attested activity

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Skill: embryonic breathing and embryonic eating / 胎息胎食 · Level: able

Works and attributed material

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 93Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 · 3 passages