Qin and Han · Diviner

Xu Man 许曼

Attested AD 146 - AD 168

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Man as a diviner and student. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xu Man 许曼 Xu Man
Personal name Xu Man 许曼 Xu Man

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diviner
  • Student

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 延熹元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Reign Name: 延熹 · Western Year: AD 158
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:093:s0052
  • Source Date: Text: 至五年（延熹五年） · Regnal Year: 5 · Reign Name: 延熹 · Western Year: AD 162
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:093:s0052
  • Source Date: Text: 桓帝时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 146 · End: AD 168
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0049, houhanshu:093:s0050

Family

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  • Descendant of Xu Jun (许峻)
    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)
  • Child of Father of Xu Man (许曼之父)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal

Places and affiliations

  • Place: Pingyu, Runan commandery / 汝南平舆 · Relation: native-of
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0044

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: prediction · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Feng Gun (冯绲) · Status: quoted · Summary: in three years Feng Gun would hold a border command with 'east' in its title and march three thousand li to the northeast; five years later he would again be a Grand General and campaign south · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 桓帝时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 146 · End: AD 168
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0050, houhanshu:093:s0051

Events and relationships

  • Kind: divination · Role: diviner · Other Person Id: Feng Gun (冯绲) · Action: cast milfoil for Feng Gun after two red snakes appeared from his seal-cord case · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 桓帝时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 146 · End: AD 168
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0049, houhanshu:093:s0050
  • Kind: prophecy-fulfilment · Role: prognosticator · Other Person Id: Feng Gun (冯绲) · Action: his predictions about Feng Gun's border command and southern campaign were verified · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至五年（延熹五年） · Regnal Year: 5 · Reign Name: 延熹 · Western Year: AD 162
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0052
  • Relation: student-of · Person Id: Xu Jun (许峻) · Description: inherited and transmitted his grandfather's divinatory art
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0048

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: his other divinations were mostly of this successful sort · Source Text: 其余多此类云 · Provenance: Mode: hearsay
    Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0053

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 93Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 · 3 passages
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