Overview
The translated histories identify Xu Deng as a healer, religious leader, and teacher. This record brings together 5 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 | Xu Deng | 徐登 | Xu Deng |
| Personal name | Xu Deng | 徐登 | Xu Deng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male · Assigned At Birth: female · Statement: originally a woman who transformed into a man · Source Text: 本女子，化为丈夫Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0207
Roles
- Healer
- Religious Leader
- Teacher
Life and dates
Death
- Circumstance: passed away (物故) before Zhao Bing went east to Zhang'an · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 184 · End: AD 220Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0217
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 184 · End: AD 220Derived · houhanshu:093:s0210, houhanshu:093:s0212
Places and affiliations
- Place: Minzhong / 闽中 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0206
Learning and skills
- Skill: shaman arts / 巫术 · Level: expertExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0208
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Zhao Bing (赵炳) · Status: quoted · Summary: each proposed that, sharing the same purpose, they should test their respective abilities · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 184 · End: AD 220Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0211
Events and relationships
- Kind: personal · Role: co-founder of a pact · Other Person Id: Zhao Bing (赵炳) · Action: met Zhao Bing on the waters of the Wushang stream amid military turmoil and pestilence and swore a pact to use their arts jointly to treat illness · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 184 · End: AD 220Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0210, houhanshu:093:s0211
- Kind: uncanny · Role: practitioner · Action: sealed off the stream water so that it ceased to flow · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 184 · End: AD 220Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0212
- Kind: healing · Role: practitioner · Other Person Id: Zhao Bing (赵炳) · Action: together they performed sealing and binding spells, and everything they treated was cured · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 时遭兵乱，疾疫大起（无纪年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 184 · End: AD 220Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0216
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Zhao Bing (赵炳) · Description: as the elder in years he was served as master by Zhao BingExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0214
Assessments and attributes
- Kind: age · Statement: the elder of the two men in years · Source Text: 登年长Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0214
- Kind: transformation · Statement: born a woman and said to have transformed into a man · Source Text: 本女子，化为丈夫Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0207
References in the histories
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