Talk:Zhou Xuan (Three Kingdoms)

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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Schwede66 talk 03:16, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Zhou Xuan's dream interpretations were recorded to be accurate eight or nine times out of ten?

Source: Records of the Three Kingdoms vol. 29, translated in Robert Ford Campany, The Chinese Dreamscape, pp. 109-111

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Created by Kzyx (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Kzyx (talk) 20:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

@Kzyx: Really interesting article! New enough, long enough, QPQ not needed, no image provided, and plagiarism-free (although a large number of quotes are used here). Unfortunately, I don't think the sources here are going to cut it. Almost all of the sources 1000+ years old. I'm not sure I'd trust the monarchy's records to be a reliable independent primary source even if they were from 10 years ago, but uncritically interpreting texts that old is a problem in its own right. Which is probably how we end up claiming in the provided hook that Zhou can predict the future by interpreting dreams, which I would argue is a fairly absurd result on its face. Without substantial secondary contemporary academic coverage, I don't see how this nomination can go forward. I'm honestly not convinced of the article's notability, either. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 17:25, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The nominator hasn't edited in almost a month (their last edit was on June 25) and the issues remain unaddressed. Marking for closure as an abandoned nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:07, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]