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Guan Lu管辂
A famous occultist of the Three Kingdoms period, proficient in divination, whose predictions often came true.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 9
- RELATION RECORDS
- 13
- SOURCE WORKS
- 2
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Guan Lu, and the people around them.
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01ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
2 figures · 3 records＋
Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
Guan Lu→Cao Caodivine
Pei Hui→Guan Luappoint literary
02CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
3 figures · 3 records＋
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Guan Lu→Guanqiu Jianpredict extermination
Guan Lu→He Yanpredict death
Guan Lu→Deng Yangpredict death
03THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
6 figures · 7 records＋
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
He Yan→Guan Ludivine
Guan Lu→Wang Jidivine
Guan Lu→Wang Jingdivine prophecy
Guan Lu→Deng Yangprophesy
Guan Lu→Zhong Yudivine fate
Guan Lu→Shi Baodiscuss invisibility
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In history · Records of the Three Kingdoms
Skilled in divination and versed in the principles of the I Ching. He was adept at divination, object guessing, and interpreting bird calls, and performed auspicious or inauspicious divinations for many officials. He was a diviner who made predictions for many officials.
In fiction · Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Guan Lu was a famous occultist of the Three Kingdoms period, proficient in divination. Cao Cao summoned him to divine, and he predicted a fire that came true; he also predicted the death of Xiahou Yuan, which also came true. He Yan and Deng Yang asked him to divine, and Guan Lu said they had the appearances of 'ghostly darkness' and 'ghostly restlessness,' and later both met with misfortune. His art was divinely accurate, and he was renowned for a time.
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- Literature / legend3 profile notes
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
5 relations6 verified quotations- Cao Cao→ summon for audience →Guan Lu
- Guan Lu→ divine →Cao Cao
- He Yan→ divine →Guan Lu
- Guan Lu→ prophesy →He Yan
Verified original text · 6
操大喜，即差人往平原召辂。
summon for audience · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 69
曹操方悟管辂火灾之说，遂重赏辂。
重赏 · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 69
4 more verified quotations in the relationship records below.
- Official history4 profile notes
Records of the Three Kingdoms
8 relations8 verified quotations- Guan Lu→ predict extermination →Guanqiu Jian
- Guan Lu→ divine →Wang Ji
- Guan Lu→ predict death →He Yan
- Guan Lu→ divine prophecy →Wang Jing
Verified original text · 8
四危以备，法当灭族。
predict extermination · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·方技传
基令作卦，辂曰
divine · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·方技传
6 more verified quotations in the relationship records below.
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Original text (2)
操大喜，即差人往平原召辂。
曹操方悟管辂火灾之说，遂重赏辂。
Original relation: 重赏 · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 69
Original text (1)
辂至，参拜讫，操令卜之。
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四危以备，法当灭族。
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基令作卦，辂曰
使辂筮之
Original relation: 卜筮解厄 · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·方技传
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何晏闻平原管辂明数术，请与论易。
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与死人语，何所畏邪？
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何晏视候，魂不守宅，血不华色，精爽烟浮，容若槁木：此为‘鬼幽’之相。
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经曰：“近有一怪，大不喜之，欲烦作卦。”
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与死人语，何所畏邪？
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邓飏行步，筋不束骨，脉不制肉，起立倾倚，若无手足：此为‘鬼躁’之相。
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