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Xu Jilong

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Xu Jilong, magistrate of Qinghe in Wei, was noted for asking Guan Lu to divine game and identify items in a box.

History Records, vol. 29 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 29Records of the Three Kingdoms

    清河令徐季龍使人行獵,令輅筮其所得。輅曰:「當獲小獸,复非食禽,雖有爪牙,微而不強,雖有文章,蔚而不明,非虎非雉,其名曰狸。」…
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    清河令徐季龍使人行獵,令輅筮其所得。輅曰:「當獲小獸,复非食禽,雖有爪牙,微而不強,雖有文章,蔚而不明,非虎非雉,其名曰狸。」獵人暮歸,果如輅言。季龍取十三種物,著大篋中,使輅射。云:「器中藉藉有十三種物。」先說雞子,後道蠶蛹,遂一一名之,惟以梳為枇耳。〈輅別傳曰:清河令徐季龍,字開明,有才機。與輅相見,共論龍動則景雲起,虎嘯則谷風至,以為火星者龍,參星者虎,火出則雲應,參出則風到,此乃陰陽之感化,非龍虎之所致也。輅言:「夫論難當先審其本,然後求其理,理失則機謬,機謬則榮辱之主。若以參星為虎,則谷風更為寒霜之風,寒霜之風非東風之名。是以龍者陽精,以潛為陰,幽靈上通,和氣感神,二物相扶,故能興云。夫虎者,陰精而居於陽,依木長嘯,動於巽林,二氣相感,故能運風。若磁石之取鐵,不見其神而金自來,有徵應以相感也。況龍有潛飛之化,虎有文明之變,招雲召風,何足為疑?」季龍言:「夫龍之在淵,不過一井之底,虎之悲嘯,不過百步之中,形氣淺弱,所通者近,何能𣿖景雲而馳東風?」輅言:「君不見陰陽燧在掌握之中,形不出手,乃上引太陽之火,下引太陰之水,噓吸之間,煙景以集。苟精氣相感,縣象應乎二燧;苟不相感,則二女同居,志不相得。自然之道,無有遠近。」季龍言:「世有軍事,則感雞雉先鳴,其道何由?復有他佔,惟在雞雉而巳?」輅言:「貴人有事,其應在天,在天則日月星辰也。兵動民憂,其應在物,在物則山林鳥獸也。夫雞者兌之畜,金者兵之精,雉者離之鳥,獸者武之神,故太白揚輝則雞鳴,熒惑流行則雉驚,各感數而動。又兵之神道,佈在六甲,六甲推移,其占無常。是以晉柩牛呴,果有西軍,鴻嘉石鼓,鳴則有兵,不專近在於雞雉也。」季龍言:「魯昭公八年,有石言於晉,師曠以為作事不時,怨讟動於民,則有非言之物而言,於理為合不?」輅言:「晉平奢泰,崇飾宮室,斬伐林木,殘破金石,民力既盡,怨及山澤,神痛人感,二精並作,金石同氣,則兌為口舌,口舌之妖,動於靈石。傳曰輕百姓,飾城郭,則金不從革,此之謂也。」季龍欽嘉,留輅經數日。輅佔獵既驗,季龍曰:「君雖神妙,但不多藏物耳,何能皆得之?」輅言:「吾與天地參神,蓍龜通靈,抱日月而遊杳冥,極變化而覽未然,況茲近物,能蔽聰明?」季龍大笑,「君既不謙,又念窮在近矣。」輅言:「君尚未識謙言,焉能論道?夫天地者則乾坤之卦,蓍龜者則卜筮之數,日月者離坎之象,變化者陰陽之爻,杳冥者神化之源,未然者則幽冥之先,此皆周易之紀綱,何僕之不謙?」季龍於是取十三種物,欲以窮之,輅射之皆中。季龍乃歎曰:「作者之謂聖,述者之謂明,豈此之謂乎!」〉

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Xu Jilong, courtesy name Kaiming, was magistrate of Qinghe County in the state of Wei. He is mentioned in juan 29 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he does not appear in the Romance.

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Xu Jilong sent people out hunting and asked Guan Lu to divine what they would catch. Guan Lu predicted they would catch a wildcat, and when the hunters returned, his prediction proved correct. (Recorded in the historical sources)
Xu Jilong placed thirteen objects in a box and asked Guan Lu to identify them. Guan Lu named them all correctly, except that he mistook a comb for a bi. (Recorded in the historical sources)
Xu Jilong discussed with Guan Lu the sympathetic responses between dragons and tigers and related divinations. Impressed by what he heard, he kept Guan Lu for several days. After Guan Lu again correctly identified the thirteen objects in the box, Xu Jilong praised his skill. (Recorded in the historical sources)

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  • Discussed the sympathetic responses between dragons and tigers and divination with Guan Lu, and asked him to divine the hunt’s results and identify the objects in a box.

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History · vol. 29

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    admired Guan Lu and kept him as a guest for several days (Pei Songzhi's annotation quotes the Separate Biography of Lu)