Overview
The translated histories identify Wu Zunshi as a diviner and priest. 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 Zunshi | 吳遵世 | Wu Zunshi |
| Courtesy | Jixu | 季緒 | Jixu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Uncertain
Roles
- Diviner
- Priest
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 世宗時 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 547 · End: c. AD 549Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:049:s0087
Career and standing
- Office: Palace Secretariat Draftsman / 中書舍人 · Action: offered-and-refusedExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0098
- Status: refused-office-by-illness-plea · Action: refusedExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0098
Places and affiliations
- Place: Bohai / 渤海Explicit · beiqishu:049:s0087
Learning and skills
- Skill: Changes divination / 易筮Explicit · beiqishu:049:s0090
Works and attributed material
- Kind: divination-interpretation · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: accession-divination · Role: diviner · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu of Wei (魏武帝) · Prediction: would become Son of Heaven but not last long
- Kind: political-divination · Role: diviner · Other Person Id: Prince Zhan of Changguang (長廣王湛) · Prediction: do not raise troops; great fortune will comeExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0096, beiqishu:049:s0097
- Relation: recipient-of-talisman-from · Person Id: Old man (老翁)Explicit · beiqishu:049:s0088, beiqishu:049:s0089
Assessments and attributes
- Item: Heart-Opening Talisman / 開心符 · Relation: swallowedExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0088, beiqishu:049:s0089
References in the histories
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