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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/OlginoCuck on 2023-10-06 01:23:34.

Was just reading the wiki about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and they mention wizards and battle magic and everything. Given that the story was basically told for over 1000 years before it was written down in the 14th century, that covers a lot of Chinese history that could potentially be being referenced. But generally the question is was there ever really a time where historians think that there were guys with the occupation of “wizard” that would pretend to do magic stuff for their Lord or his army or whatever?

Was that something that people were doing in the 14th century? Or is it something people in the 14th century thought people were doing in the 2nd century?