Five Dynasties · Diviner

Zhou Yuanbao 周元豹

Attested AD 913 - AD 918

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Yuanbao was a Diviner.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 913 to AD 918 時有周元豹者
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 8

Learning and skills

Skill reading men / judging character 人倫鑒 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 8

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Chengye (張承業) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 8

Events and relationships

Relation Rival of · Person Feng Dao (馮道)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 8

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 126Volume 126 Book of Later Zhou 28: Biographies 6: Feng Dao · 2 passages

時有周元豹者，善人倫鑒，與道不洽，謂承業曰：「馮生無前程，公不可過用。」 There was a Zhou Yuanbao at the time, skilled at reading men, who disliked Dao. He told Chengye, "Feng has no great career ahead—do not promote him too far."

時河東記室盧質聞之曰：「我曾見杜黃裳司空寫真圖，道之狀貌酷類焉，將來必副大用，元豹之言不足信也。」 Lu Zhi, recorder of the Hedong commandery, heard this and said, "I once saw the portrait of Du Huangshang, Minister of Works—Feng Dao looks remarkably like him. He is bound for high office; Yuanbao's judgment cannot be trusted."