Chen Hui (陳洄) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Hui as a hermit and scholar. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chen Hui	陳洄	Chen Hui
Alternate	Recluse of Bamboo Stream	竹溪逸民	Zhuxi Yimin

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · mingshi:298:s0074

Roles

Hermit
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 時有陳洄者 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1368 · End: AD 1380
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:298:s0074

Places and affiliations

Place: Yiwu / 義烏
Explicit · mingshi:298:s0074

Learning and skills

Skill: classics and hundred schools / 經百家 · Level: mastered
Explicit · mingshi:298:s0075

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 298Volume 298 Biographies 186: Recluses · 4 passages

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張介福倪瓚徐舫楊恆陳洄楊引吳海劉閔楊黼孫一元沈周陳繼儒 Zhang Jiefu, Ni Zan, Xu Fang, Yang Heng, Chen Hui, Yang Yin, Wu Hai, Liu Min, Yang Fu, Sun Yiyuan, Shen Zhou, and Chen Jiru

時有陳洄者，義烏人。 At the time there was also Chen Hui, a native of Yiwu.

所居近大溪，多修竹，自號竹溪逸民。 His dwelling lay beside a great stream surrounded by tall bamboo, and he styled himself the Recluse of Bamboo Stream.

宋濂俱為之傳。 Song Lian wrote biographies for both Yang Heng and Chen Hui.