Guo Pu
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Guo Pu courtesy name Jingchun (景纯), born in Yuncheng, Shanxi, was a Chinese
writer.
. He wrote The Book of Burial, an early source of fengshui doctrine. He made annotations to many pre-Qin
ancient works, such as:
He was reputed to be learned in the arts of divination
. Through his biography is obscured by the many legends about him, it is known that he served in Jianye
, the modern Nanjing
.
When he made a prophecy of defeat to a rebel, he was executed by the same man.
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
writer.
Biography
Guo Pu was a Taoist mystic, geomancer, collector of strange tales, editor of old texts, and erudite commentator. He was the first commentator of Mountains and Seas Classic and so probably, with the noted Han bibliographer Liu Hsin, was instrumental in preserving this valuable mythological and religious text . Guo Pu was the well educated son of a governor. He was a natural historian and a prolific writer of the Jin DynastyJìn Dynasty (265-420)
The Jìn Dynasty , was a dynasty in Chinese history, lasting between the years 265 and 420 AD. There are two main divisions in the history of the Dynasty, the first being Western Jin and the second Eastern Jin...
. He wrote The Book of Burial, an early source of fengshui doctrine. He made annotations to many pre-Qin
Qin Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 207 BC. The Qin state derived its name from its heartland of Qin, in modern-day Shaanxi. The strength of the Qin state was greatly increased by the legalist reforms of Shang Yang in the 4th century BC, during the Warring...
ancient works, such as:
- EryaEryaThe Erya is the oldest extant Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia. Bernhard Karlgren concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably date from" the 3rd century BC....
- Shan Hai JingShan Hai JingShan Hai Jing is a Chinese classic text, and a compilation of early geography and myth. Versions of the text have existed since the 4th century BC, and by the early Han Dynasty it had reached its final form. It is largely a fabled geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a...
(山海經) - Account of King Mu of Zhou (穆天子傳, Mùtiānzǐ Zhuàn)
- Records from Within the Recondite (玄中記, Xuánzhōng Jì)
He was reputed to be learned in the arts of divination
Divination
Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic standardized process or ritual...
. Through his biography is obscured by the many legends about him, it is known that he served in Jianye
Jianye
Jianye may refer to:*Jianye District, in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China*Jiankang, also known as Jianye, ancient city in China*Henan Jianye, Chinese football club...
, the modern Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
.
When he made a prophecy of defeat to a rebel, he was executed by the same man.