Five Dynasties · Diviner

Xiao Gu 肖古

Xiào Gǔ

Died AD 957

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Gu as a diviner, named individual, and religious leader. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Gu 肖古 Xiào Gǔ
Title shamaness Xiaogu 女巫肖古
Personal name Xiao Gu 肖古 Xiào Gǔ
Personal name Xiaogu 肖古 Xiàogǔ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Diviner
  • Named Individual
  • Religious Leader

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 應曆7年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 957
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:006:s0107, liaoshi:006:s0108
  • Source Date: Text: 即位未久 · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 960
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:061:s0073

Career and standing

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: victim · Action: executed-for-fraud
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0074

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: deceptive longevity recipe · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:006:s0108

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Muzong 1 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 1 passage