Wu Zhen (武禎) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wu Zhen as an astrologer, diviner, and official. This record brings together 7 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 Zhen	武禎	Wu Zhen
Surname	Wu	武	Wu
Given	Zhen	禎	Zhen

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Astrologer
Diviner
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 正大初 · Western Year: AD 1224
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Source Date: Text: 貞祐間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1213 · End: AD 1217
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Family

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Child of Grandfather of Wu Zhen (武禎之祖)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Father of Wu Zhen (武禎之父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Wu Kang (武亢)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: registrar of the Directorate of Astronomy / 司天臺管勾 · Action: appointed
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Jin / 金 · Relation: served
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Place: Linhuan in Suzhou / 宿州臨渙
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Place: Bianjing / 汴京 · Relation: summoned-to
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Place: Xuzhou / 徐州 · Relation: summoned-to
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Learning and skills

Skill: numerology / 數學 · Level: deep
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Wang Xuan (王鉉)
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Events and relationships

Kind: divination · Role: diviner · Action: predicted rain ending drought
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Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Wang Xuan (王鉉)
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Relation: advisor-to · Person Id: Pusan Anzhen (僕散安貞)
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References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 131Volume 131 Biographies 69: Huan Zhe, Liang Chong, Song Gui, Pan Shouheng, Fang Ji, Liu Wansu, Zhang Congzheng, Li Qingsi, Ji Tianxi, Zhang Yuansu, Ma Guizhong, Wu Zhen Son: Kang, Li Mao, Hu Dexin · 7 passages

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金世，如武禎、武亢之信而不誣，劉完素、張元素之治療通變，學其術者皆師尊之，不可不記雲。 Under the Jin, men such as Wu Zhen and Wu Kang proved trustworthy and true, while Liu Wansu and Zhang Yuansu were masters of adaptive treatment. All who learned from them revered them as teachers — and they must be recorded.

武禎，宿州臨渙人。 Wu Zhen was from Linhuan in Suzhou.

禎深數學。 Zhen was deeply versed in numerology and divination.

其友王鉉問禎曰：「朝廷若問國祚修短，子何以對？」 His friend Wang Xuan asked Zhen, "If the court asks how long the dynasty will endure, what will you say?"

禎曰：「當以實告之，但更言周過其曆，秦不及期，亦在修德耳。」 Zhen said, "I must speak the truth — but add that Zhou outlasted its allotted span while Qin fell short of its term. In the end it comes down to cultivating virtue."

時久旱祈禱不應，朝廷為憂，禎忽謂鉉曰：「足下今日早歸，恐為雨阻。」 There had been a long drought and prayers had brought no rain; the court was deeply worried. Zhen suddenly told Xuan, "Go home early today — I fear the rain may block your way."

禎笑曰：「若是，則天不誠也。 Zhen laughed. "If that were so, Heaven would not be sincere.