Overview
The translated histories identify Xu Jun as a diviner, teacher, and writer. This record brings together 2 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 Jun | 许峻 | Xu Jun |
| Courtesy name | Jishan | 季山 | Jishan |
| Personal name | Xu Jun | 许峻 | Xu Jun |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0045
Roles
- Diviner
- Teacher
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 许峻、许曼两世（许曼延熹间占验之前） · Western Interval: Start: AD 100 · End: AD 158Derived · houhanshu:093:s0045, houhanshu:093:s0048
Family
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- Ancestor of Xu Man (许曼)Kinship Term: paternal grandfather / 祖父 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of Xu Man (许曼之父)
Kinship Term: paternal grandfather / 祖父 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of Xu Man (许曼之父) - Parent of Father of Xu Man (许曼之父)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Learning and skills
- Skill: divination by milfoil and yarrow / 卜占之术 · Level: renowned · Note: his divinations had many conspicuous verifications (多有显验)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0045
Works and attributed material
- Work: Forest of Changes / 易林 · Relation: author · Note: still circulating in the world at the time of writingExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0047
Events and relationships
- Kind: religious · Role: supplicant · Action: went to Mount Tai to beg for his life and on the way met the Daoist adept Zhang Jujun · Other Person Id: Zhang Jujun (张巨君) · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Source Person Id: Xu Jun (许峻)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0046
- Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Xu Man (许曼) · Description: his learning was transmitted by his grandson Xu ManExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0048
- Relation: student-of · Person Id: Zhang Jujun (张巨君) · Description: was taught formulas and techniques (方术) by Zhang Jujun · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Source Person Id: Xu Jun (许峻)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0046
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: comparable to Jing Fang of an earlier age · Other Person Id: Jing Fang (京房) · Source Text: 时人方之前世京房 · Provenance: Mode: contemporary-opinionExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0045
- Kind: illness · Statement: in youth he suffered a severe illness that did not heal for three years · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Source Person Id: Xu Jun (许峻)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0046
References in the histories
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