White-bearded old man (白鬚翁)

Overview

The translated histories identify White-bearded old man as a named individual. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	White-bearded old man	白鬚翁
Epithet	white-bearded old man	白鬚翁

Identity

Historicity: Uncertain
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0136

Roles

Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 文德元年 · Western Year: AD 888
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0136

Works and attributed material

Kind: prophecy · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Luo Hongxin (羅弘信) · Provenance: Mode: hearsay
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0136

Events and relationships

Kind: omen · Role: prophet · Action: predicted-rule-of · Other Person Id: Luo Hongxin (羅弘信)
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0136, jiutangshu:181:s0140

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 2 passages

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先是，有鄰人密謂弘信曰：「某嘗夜遇一白鬚翁，相告雲，君當爲土地主。 Earlier a neighbor had told him in private, "One night I met a white-bearded old man who said you would become lord of this land.

弘信即應之曰：「白鬚翁早以命我。」 Hongxin answered at once, "The white-bearded old man appointed me long ago."