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Zixu Shangren

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Zixu Shangren, a Jinping recluse in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, wrote prophecies for Liu Gui; absent from Records of the Three Kingdoms.

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  • Novel · ch. 62Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    四將行兵之次,劉璝曰:「吾聞錦屏山中有一異人,道號紫虛上人,知人生死貴賤。…
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    四將行兵之次,劉璝曰:「吾聞錦屏山中有一異人,道號紫虛上人,知人生死貴賤。吾輩今日行軍,正從錦屏山過。何不試往問之?」張任曰:「大丈夫行兵拒敵,豈可問於山野之人乎?」璝曰:「不然。聖人云:『至誠之道,可以前知。』吾等問於高明之人,當趨吉避凶。」

  • Novel · ch. 62Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    …只見紫虛上人,坐於蒲墩之上。四人下拜,求問前程之事。紫虛上人曰:「貧道乃山野廢人,豈知休咎?」…
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    於是四人引五六十騎至山下,問徑樵夫。樵夫指高山絕頂上,便是上人所居。四人上山至庵前,見一道童出迎。問了姓名,引入庵中。只見紫虛上人,坐於蒲墩之上。四人下拜,求問前程之事。紫虛上人曰:「貧道乃山野廢人,豈知休咎?」劉璝再三拜問。紫虛遂命道童取紙筆,寫下八句言語,付與劉璝。其文曰:「左龍右鳳,飛入西川。雛鳳墜地,臥龍升天。一得一失,天數當然。見機而作,勿喪九泉。」

  • Novel · ch. 62Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    …紫虛上人曰:「定數難逃,何必再問?」璝又請問時,上人眉垂目合,恰似睡著的一般,並不答應。…
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    劉璝又問曰:「我四人氣數如何?」紫虛上人曰:「定數難逃,何必再問?」璝又請問時,上人眉垂目合,恰似睡著的一般,並不答應。四人下山。劉璝曰:「仙人之言,不可不信。」張任曰:「此狂叟也,聽之何益?」遂上馬前行。既至雒城分調人馬,把守各處隘口。劉璝曰:「雒城乃成都保障,失此則成都難保。吾四人公議,著二人守城,二人去雒城前面,依山傍險,紮下兩個寨子,勿使敵兵臨城。」冷苞,鄧賢曰:「某願往結寨。」劉璝大喜,分兵二萬,與冷、鄧二人,離城六十里下寨。劉璝、張任,守護雒城。

Zixu Shangren is a recluse on Mount Jinping in Chapter 62 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms; he is not mentioned in Records of the Three Kingdoms.

Deeds

As Liu Gui and the other three generals marched past Mount Jinping, they heard that Zixu Shangren could tell a person’s fate, whether life or death, honor or disgrace, and went to ask about their prospects. (Romance)
The four generals went to a hermitage on the mountain to pay their respects to Zixu Shangren and ask about their prospects. At first, Zixu Shangren called himself a useless man of the wilderness who knew nothing of fortune or misfortune, but later wrote down eight lines of prophecy and handed them to Liu Gui. (Romance)

Relationships

  • He exchanged questions and answers with Liu Gui and the other three generals.