Yin Deng
Yin Deng of Neihuang was known for memorizing and witnessing Shan Yang's prophecy of the Yellow Dragon's return come true.
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History · vol. 2Records of the Three Kingdoms
…內黃殷登默而記之。至四十五年，登尚在。三月，黃龍見譙，登聞之曰：「單颺之言，其驗茲乎！」…
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初，漢熹平五年，黃龍見譙，光祿大夫橋玄問太史令單颺：「此何祥也？」颺曰：「其國後當有王者興，不及五十年，亦當復見。天事恒象，此其應也。」內黃殷登默而記之。至四十五年，登尚在。三月，黃龍見譙，登聞之曰：「單颺之言，其驗茲乎！」〈《魏書》曰：王召見登，謂之曰：「昔成風聞楚丘之繇而敬事季友，鄧晨信少公之言而自納光武。登以篤老，服膺占術，記識天道，豈有是乎！」賜登穀二百斛，遣歸家。〉
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Yin Deng was from Neihuang and belonged to Wei. His chapter appearance is not specified; he does not appear in the Romance.
Deeds
In the fifth year of the Xiping era of the Han dynasty, Yin Deng committed to memory the prophecy by the Grand Astrologer Shan Yang that a yellow dragon would appear again. Forty-five years later, a yellow dragon was seen again in Qiao. When Yin Deng heard of it, he said that Shan Yang’s words had come true (according to historical records).
Relationships
- Shan Yang once prophesied that a yellow dragon would appear again, and Yin Deng committed his words to memory
Lines
- 史 ch.2 §6
「單颺之言，其驗茲乎！」