Cui Huijing (崔慧景)

Overview

Cui Huijing was a general and Rebel.

Life and dates

Death

AD 499 to AD 501 永元中
At Guangmo Gate 廣莫門
Dated from the passage context · nanqishu:019:s0239d; nanqishu:019:s0239a
AD 500 永元二年夏四月癸酉
Beheading
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 70

Age

63
AD 499 to AD 501 永元中 · Reckoning Sui
Dated from the passage context · nanqishu:019:s0239d; nanqishu:019:s0239a

Attested activity

AD 477 to AD 478 又遣
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 69
AD 497 四年十二月丁丑
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 157
AD 499 to AD 501 崔慧景
Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 102
AD 500 崔慧景事
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 173, 181, 185
AD 500 崔慧景圍城退走
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 203
AD 500 明年，崔慧景舉兵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 32

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AD 499 to AD 501 永元中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 19, passages 242-243; nanqishu:019:s0239b; nanqishu:019:s0239a; nanqishu:019:s0239d
AD 500 永元中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 17, passage 56
AD 500 永元中崔慧景反
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 160
AD 500 永元二年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 16, 18
AD 500 永元二年三月乙卯
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 60
AD 500 永元二年夏四月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 63, 65
AD 500 永元二年夏四月壬戌
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 67
AD 500 永元二年夏四月甲子
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 68
AD 500 永元二年夏四月癸酉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 70
AD 499 永元元年十一月乙丑
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 47
AD 498 to AD 501 蕭寶卷時
Directly stated · Book of Wei 81, passage 101
AD 500 護軍將軍崔慧景頻逼京師
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 12, passage 108

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Jue (覺)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 21

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Pacify-the-South General 平南將軍
AD 499 永元元年十一月乙丑 · Additionally appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 47
commander-in-chief 都督
AD 499 to AD 500 陳顯達事 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 173
Commandant of Valiant Cavalry, General of Pacifying the North 屯騎校尉寧朔將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 69
Minister of Revenue 度支尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 157
Pacifying-the-West General 平西將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 60
Protector of the Army 護軍將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 108

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Protector-General 護軍將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 47
Guardian-General 護軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 173
Entered
AD 500 永元二年夏四月 · Rebel
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 63
beheaded 斬首
AD 500 永元二年夏四月癸酉 · Execution · Suffered
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 70

Places and affiliations

Polity Liu Song 宋 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 69
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:019:s0239d; nanqishu:019:s0239a
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 157; Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 173
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 47, 203
Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 108
AD 500 永元二年夏四月
At Guangling 廣陵 · Relation Active at
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 63

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At Yongzhou 雍州 · Relation Sent to relieve
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 157
Organization Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Affiliated with
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 1

Events and relationships

Abandoned army and fled
AD 500 永元二年夏四月癸酉 · Military · Fleeing commander
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 70
Admitted into capital
AD 500 永元二年夏四月 · Military · Beneficiary · With Bao Xuan (寶玄)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 65
Appointed overseer of southern punitive armies
AD 499 永元元年十一月乙丑 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 47
Arrived and routed defenders
AD 500 永元二年夏四月壬戌 · Military · Attacker · With Wang Ying (王瑩)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 67
Attacked palace
AD 499 to AD 501 永元中 · Military · Attacker · At Guangmo Gate 廣莫門
Dated from the passage context · nanqishu:019:s0239d; nanqishu:019:s0239a
Besieged capital
AD 499 to AD 501 永元中 · Military · Besieger · At palace city 臺城
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 19, passage 242; nanqishu:019:s0239a

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Besieged city then withdrew
Military · Commander · Mode named-source-report Speaker Marquess of Eastern Darkness (東昏侯)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 203
Defeated
AD 499 to AD 501 永元中 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 19, passages 242-243; nanqishu:019:s0239a
Dispatched against Shouchun
AD 500 永元二年三月乙卯 · Military · Commander · At Shouchun 壽春
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 60
Entered capital
AD 500 永元二年夏四月甲子 · Military · Attacker · At the capital 京師
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 68
Led host to relieve Yongzhou
AD 497 四年十二月丁丑 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 157
Pressed the capital
Military · Attacker
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 108
Raised army
Military · Commander · At Guangling 廣陵 · With Bao Xuan (寶玄)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 32
Raised troops and struck capital
AD 500 永元二年夏四月 · Military · Rebel leader · At Guangling 廣陵
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 63
Rebelled
AD 500 永元中 · Military · Rebel leader
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 17, passage 56
Rising suppressed
AD 500 崔慧景事 · Military · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 181, 185
Sent with fleet against Shen Youzhi
AD 477 to AD 478 又遣 · Military · Commander · With Shen Youzhi (沈攸之)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 69

Assessments and attributes

Assessment deserves-clan-extermination · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Wei Rui (韋叡)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 111
Assessment experienced-but-timid-and-no-warrior · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Wei Rui (韋叡)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 110

Source notes

Historicity historical
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 47
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 173; Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 69; nanqishu:019:s0239d
Horse (rejected identification) 屬馬（非也）
Statement interpreters wrongly said he belonged to the Horse; historian rejects this · Negated true · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · nanqishu:019:s0239b
seven nines are sixty-three; Guangmo 七九六十三，廣莫
Statement rhyme 七九六十三 / Guangmo fulfilled by his age sixty-three and death at Guangmo Gate
Directly stated · nanqishu:019:s0239d; nanqishu:019:s0239a

References in the histories

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History

32 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 12Volume 12: Liu Tan; Liu Chen; Xi Chanwen; Wei Rui; Wei Ai · 2 passages

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俄而太尉陳顯達、護軍將軍崔慧景頻逼京師，民心遑駭，未有所定，西土人謀之於叡。 Soon Chen Xianda and Cui Huijing harried the capital repeatedly; fear ran wild and the west turned to Rui for a plan.

崔頗更事，懦而不武。 Cui has weathered many storms, yet he is soft and no soldier.

Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage

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永元中，崔慧景舉兵圍京城，衣冠悉投名刺，淹稱疾不往。 In Yongyuan, Cui Huijing besieged the capital; every gentleman sent his card, but Yan pleaded sickness and stayed away.

Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 2 passages

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會護軍崔慧景自京口奉江夏王入伐，瑩假節，率衆拒慧景於湖頭，夜爲慧景所襲，衆散，瑩赴水，乘榜入樂遊，因得還臺城。 When Protector General Cui Huijing raised the Prince of Jiangxia from Jingkou, Ying held temporary credentials, led troops to resist Huijing at Hutou, was night-attacked, his host scattered, threw himself into the water, rafted into Le You, and so returned to the terrace city.

慧景敗，還居領軍府。 When Huijing was defeated, Ying returned to the defender-in-chief's residence.

Book of Liang, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi · 1 passage

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永元中，蕭遙光、崔慧景亂，累有戰功，以勳至前將軍。 In Yongyuan, Xiao Yaoguang and Cui Huijing rebelled; he won repeated battle merit and rose to front general.

Book of Liang, Chapter 23Volume 23: Ye, Prince of Changsha; Boyou, Prince of Yongyang; Yuanjian, Prince of Hengyang; Xiang, Prince of Guiyang · 3 passages

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旣而平西將軍崔慧景入寇京邑，奉江夏王寶玄圍臺城。 Soon afterward General Who Pacifies the West Cui Huijing invaded the capital, supporting Prince Bao Xuan of Jiangxia in a siege of the imperial city.

慧景遣其子覺來拒，懿奔擊，大破之，覺單騎走。 Huijing sent his son Jue to block him; Yi charged headlong and routed the force completely, and Jue fled alone on horseback.

乘勝而進，慧景衆潰，追斬之。 Pressing his advantage, Yi drove on until Huijing's army broke; Huijing was pursued and beheaded.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Ming of Southern Qi · 1 passage

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丁丑，遣度支尚書崔慧景率衆救雍州。 Day dingchou: Cui Huijing, minister of revenue, led the host to relieve Yong.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Marquess of Donghun · 11 passages

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乙丑，護軍將軍崔慧景加平南將軍、督眾軍南討事。 Day yichou: Cui Huijing, protector-general, was also named pacify-the-south general and put in charge of the southern punitive armies.

乙卯，遣平西將軍崔慧景率眾伐壽春。 Day yimao: Cui Huijing, general who pacifies the west, was dispatched to lead an army against Shouchun.

崔慧景於廣陵舉兵襲京師。 At Guangling Cui Huijing rebelled and marched on the capital.