Grand Administrator Ni
Grand Administrator Ni, Cao Wei’s Qinghe administrator, is recorded for asking Guan Lu when rain would fall and hosting him after his prediction proved true.
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History · vol. 29Records of the Three Kingdoms
…後得休，過清河倪太守。時天旱，倪問輅雨期，輅曰：「今夕當雨。」…
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輅隨軍西行，過毌丘儉墓下，倚樹哀吟，精神不樂。人問其故，輅曰：「林木雖茂，無形可久；碑誄雖美，無後可守。玄武藏頭，蒼龍無足，白虎銜屍，硃雀悲哭，四危以備，法當滅族。不過二載，其應至矣。」卒如其言。後得休，過清河倪太守。時天旱，倪問輅雨期，輅曰：「今夕當雨。」是日暘燥，晝無形似，府丞及令在坐，咸謂不然。到鼓一中，星月皆沒，風雲並起，竟成快雨。於是倪盛脩主人禮，共為歡樂。〈輅別傳曰：輅與倪清河相見，既刻雨期，倪猶未信。輅曰：「夫造化之所以為神，不疾而速，不行而至。十六日壬子，直滿，畢星中已有水氣，水氣之發，動於卯辰，此必至之應也。又天昨檄召五星，宣布星符，刺下東井，告命南箕，使召雷公、電母、風伯、雨師，群岳吐陰，眾川激精，雲漢垂澤，蛟龍含靈，堃堃硃電，吐咀杳冥，殷殷雷聲，噓吸雨靈，習習谷風，六合皆同，欬唾之間，品物流形。天有常期，道有自然，不足為難也。」倪曰：「譚高信寡，相為憂之。」於是便留輅，往請府丞及清河令。若夜雨者當為啖二百斤犢肉，若不雨當住十日。輅曰：「言念費損！」至日向暮，了無雲氣，眾人並嗤輅。輅言：「樹上已有少女微風，樹間又有陰鳥和鳴。又少男風起，眾鳥和翔，其應至矣。」須臾，果有艮風鳴鳥。日未入，東南有山雲樓起。黃昏之後，雷聲動天。到鼓一中，星月皆沒，風雲並興，玄氣四合，大雨河傾。倪調輅言：「誤中耳，不為神也。」輅曰：「誤中與天期，不亦工乎！」〉
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Grand Administrator Ni was the Grand Administrator of Qinghe under Cao Wei. He appears in juan 29 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance of the Three Kingdoms does not mention him.
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While Guan Lu was resting and passing through Qinghe, Grand Administrator Ni asked him when it would rain, as a drought had struck (according to historical records).
Guan Lu predicted that it would rain that night. At first, Grand Administrator Ni still did not believe him, so he invited Guan Lu to a banquet and made an agreement with the Assistant Prefect and the Magistrate of Qinghe: if it rained, Guan Lu would receive two hundred jin of veal; if it did not, Guan Lu would stay for ten days.
That night, when the drum sounded the first watch, the stars and moon disappeared, and wind and clouds gathered. At last, heavy rain fell. Grand Administrator Ni entertained Guan Lu with the courtesy due a host and feasted with him.
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History · vol. 29
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Kept Guan Lu as a guest and treated him hospitably