Overview
The translated histories identify Zi Shen as an astrologer and diviner. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zi Shen | 梓慎 | Zi Shen |
| Personal name | Zi Shen | 梓慎 | Zi Shen |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · sanguozhi:063:s0139
Roles
- Astrologer
- Diviner
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 春秋 · Western Interval: Start: BC 570 · End: BC 540Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0139
- Source Date: Text: 梓慎（前世之识者） · Western Interval: Start: BC 550 · End: BC 500Derived · houhanshu:093:s0070
Career and standing
- Label: astrologer and prognosticator / 占候之士Strongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0070
- Label: canonical astrologer-diviner / 占者Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0139
Source notes
- Kind: comparison · Statement: invoked, with Jiao and Dong, as the ancient standard of prognosticatory insight to which Fan Zhizhang was compared · Other Person Id: Fan Zhizhang (樊志张) · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Duan Jiong (段颎)Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0070
References in the histories
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