Overview
The translated histories identify Wu Pu as a physician and student. This record brings together 4 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 | Wu Pu | 吴普 | Wu Pu |
| Personal name | Wu Pu | 吴普 | Wu Pu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0184
Roles
- Physician
- Student
Life and dates
Age
- Age: over ninety · Reckoning: Chinese years (年九十余)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0192
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 华佗行医之时（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 150 · End: AD 220Derived · houhanshu:093:s0184, houhanshu:093:s0192
Career and standing
- Label: physician / 医Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0185
Places and affiliations
- Place: Guangling commandery / 广陵 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0184
Events and relationships
- Kind: personal · Role: disciple · Other Person Id: Hua Tuo (华佗) · Action: received Hua Tuo's teaching on the Play of the Five Beasts and practised it · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 华佗行医之时（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 150 · End: AD 220Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0186, houhanshu:093:s0192
- Relation: student-of · Person Id: Hua Tuo (华佗) · Description: studied under Hua Tuo and modelled himself on his treatmentsExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0184, houhanshu:093:s0185
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: in many cases wholly saved and helped his patients by following Hua Tuo's methods · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0185
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: at over ninety his ears and eyes were keen and his teeth intact and firm · Source Text: 年九十余，耳目聪明，齿牙完坚Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0192
References in the histories
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