Overview
The translated histories identify Zuo Ci as a diviner. This record brings together 10 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 | Zuo Ci | 左慈 | Zuo Ci |
| Courtesy name | Yuanfang | 元放 | Yuanfang |
| Personal name | Zuo | ||
| Personal name | Zuo Ci | 左慈 | Zuo Ci |
| Personal name | 慈 | Ci | |
| Personal name | 放 | Fang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0306
Roles
- Diviner
Life and dates
Age
- Stated Age: more than one hundred up to two hundredExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0355
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 司空曹操 · Western Interval: Start: AD 196 · End: AD 208Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:093:s0308
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: lived-underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0308
- Place: Lujiang / 庐江Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0306
- Place: Yangcheng Mountain / 阳城山 · Relation: fled-toExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0324
Learning and skills
- Skill: spirit arts / 神道 · Level: had from youthExplicit · houhanshu:093:s0307
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: banquet-miracle · Role: wonder-worker · Action: fished perch from basin and fetched Shu ginger
- Kind: escape · Role: fugitive · Action: vanished into wall, market doubles, and sheep flock
References in the histories
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