Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Diviner and Mathematician

Zhao Da 趙達

Died AD 230

Passages
30
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Da as an astrologer, diviner, and mathematician. This record brings together 30 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhao Da 趙達 Zhao Da
Given Da 達 Da
Surname Zhao 趙 Zhao

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Astrologer
  • Diviner
  • Mathematician

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died on self-predicted date / 後如期死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 自算訖盡某年月日 · Western Interval: Start: AD 230 · End: AD 250
    Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0122, sanguozhi:063:s0125

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: Sun Quan campaigns · Western Interval: Start: AD 200 · End: AD 250
    Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:063:s0116
  • Source Date: Text: 孫權起於東南 · Western Interval: Start: AD 200 · End: AD 222
    Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:063:s0074
  • Source Date: Text: 权即尊号 · Western Year: AD 229
    Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0118

Family

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  • Kin of Son-in-law of Zhao Da
    Kinship Term: son-in-law / 女婿 · Intermediary Person Ids: Daughter of Zhao Da
  • Parent of Daughter of Zhao Da
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
  • Spouse of Wife of Zhao Da
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
  • Kinship Role: ancestors · Count: 3 · Note: three generations held only Clerk Astrologer posts
    Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0108

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: slighted for withholding secrets; salary and rank stalled · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0117
  • Assessment: technically subtle but not the gentleman's great aim · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0138
  • Item: secret books / plain scrolls / 素書 · Relation: possessed
    Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0111, sanguozhi:063:s0126

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 63Volume 63: Book of Wu 18: Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da · 30 passages
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食畢，謂曰："倉卒乏酒，又無佳看，無以敘意，如何?"達因取盤中只箸，再三從橫之，乃言："卿東壁下有美酒一斛，又有鹿肉三斤，何以辭無?"時坐有他賓，內得主人情。 After the meal the host said they suddenly lacked wine and fine dishes with which to show goodwill—Zhao Da then took the single chopsticks from the dish, crossed them repeatedly, and declared that east of the east wall lay a hu of fine wine and three jin of venison; other guests present inwardly grasped the host's embarrassment.