Shang Guang 尚廣
| Occupation | RNOccultist | Faction | Wu Unverified |
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| Existence | Historical | Mentions | R1 |
Profile
Shang Guang appears in Chapter 120 of the Romance as a diviner summoned by Sun Hao, the ruler of Wu. When Sun Hao summons him and has him divine with yarrow stalks about winning the realm, Shang Guang answers that the omen Your Majesty has obtained is auspicious, and that in the gengzi year a blue canopy will enter Luoyang. Overjoyed, Sun Hao asks Hua He which territory he should take first to avenge the ruler of Shu. Romance, Ch. 120 §7–8
Of the 120 chapters of the Romance he appears only in Chapter 120, and his name is in no chapter title. He does not appear in Chen Shou's main text, and the only record of him is in Pei Songzhi's commentary. Romance, Ch. 120 §7Records, Wu 3 §86
In the Romance
In Chapter 120 of the Romance, after Sun Xiu, the ruler of Wu, dies, the Chancellor Puyang Xing welcomes Sun Hao and sets him up as ruler. Sun Hao grows more violent by the day, sinks into wine and women and favors the Regular Palace Attendant Cen Hun, and he beheads Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu when they remonstrate and exterminates their three kindreds. When Sun Hao stays at Wuchang and the people of Yang Province suffer from shipping supplies upstream, Lu Kai submits a memorial saying that Wuchang is not fit to be a king's capital and citing a children's ballad, and urges him to reduce all forms of corvée, send away palace women and choose the officials with care. Romance, Ch. 120 §1–6
When the memorial is submitted Sun Hao is displeased, and instead launches great building works, having the Zhaoming Palace built and ordering the civil and military officials to go into the mountains to fell timber. He also summons the diviner Shang Guang and has him divine with yarrow stalks about winning the realm. Shang Guang answers, 'The omen Your Majesty has obtained is auspicious. In the gengzi year a blue canopy will enter Luoyang.' Romance, Ch. 120 §7
Overjoyed, Sun Hao tells Hua He, Assistant of the Palace Secretariat, that the late emperor accepted Hua He's advice, set up several hundred camps along the river and put the veteran general Ding Feng in command of them, and asks which territory he should take first, since he means to annex the lands of Han and avenge the ruler of Shu. When Hua He remonstrates that the best course is to cultivate virtue and give peace to the people of Wu, and that to force the troops into action would be like putting on hempen clothes to go and fight a fire, Sun Hao, enraged, has him dragged out beyond the palace gate, and Hua He, sighing, withdraws into retirement. Sun Hao orders Lu Kang, General Who Guards the East, to station himself at Jiangkou and make designs on Xiangyang. Romance, Ch. 120 §7–9
In the Romance Shang Guang does not appear again after this. At the end of the same chapter, when the Jin troops enter the city, Sun Hao, with his coffin loaded on a cart and himself bound, goes before Wang Jun's camp and surrenders, and after being taken to Luoyang and presented to the Jin emperor, he is enfeoffed as Marquis Guiming. Romance, Ch. 120 §55 · 59–60
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Abilities
There is no record in the main text of Chen Shou’s Records, so only the Romance score is given.
- LEA31
- STR31
- INT42
- POL35
- CHA38
- VIR40
- ADP45
- SCH50
- DIP42
- DIS33
Evidence by ability
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NAs a diviner, cast yarrow stalks and interpreted the omenCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a diviner of WuCh. 120 §7
Special — talents Romance +10
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Divination & astronomy
NSkilled +10 At Sun Hao's command, cast yarrow stalks and interpreted what the gengzi year would bringCh. 120 §7
Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
Romance chapters (1)
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Allegiance history
- Wu Unverified · Romance · Q124736029 · 「又召术士尚广」