Ding Hui (丁會) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Ding Hui as a bandit, general, military officer, and rebel. This record brings together 20 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Ding Hui	丁會	Ding Hui
Courtesy	Daoyin	道隱	Daoyin
Surname	Ding	丁	Ding
Personal name	Ding Hui	丁會	Ding Hui
Given	Hui	會	Hui

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:020:s0115, xinwudaishi:044:s0032
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0163

Roles

Bandit
General
Military Officer
Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Cause: illness · Place: Taiyuan / 太原 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祐七年 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0052

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光化二年 · Western Year: AD 899
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0044
Source Date: Text: 光啟中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 885 · End: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:020:s0115
Source Date: Text: 光啟四年 · Western Year: AD 888
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0036
Source Date: Text: 大順元年 · Western Year: AD 890
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0041
Source Date: Text: 天復元年 · Western Year: AD 901
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0047
Source Date: Text: 天祐七年 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0052
Source Date: Text: 文德元年 · Western Year: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:016:s0023
Source Date: Text: 開平中 Changlu episode · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 911
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:024:s0163

Career and standing

Label: Military governor of Zhaoyi / 昭義軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天復元年 · Western Year: AD 901
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0047
Label: Acting commissioner of Zhaoyi / 昭義軍留後 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0046
Label: Overall adjutant of Xuanwu / 宣武都押衙 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0035
Label: Overall pacification commissioner / 都招討使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0051
Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0053

Places and affiliations

Place: Shouchun in Shouzhou / 壽州壽春
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0032

Learning and skills

Skill: funeral dirge singing / 挽喪之歌 · Level: renowned
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0033

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0038, xinwudaishi:044:s0039

Events and relationships

Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled-at-Luzhou · Place: Luzhou / 潞州
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0163
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: relieved-siege · Place: Heyang / 河陽
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0037, xinwudaishi:044:s0040
Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: surrendered · Label: surrendered to Jin / 降晉
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0049

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 5 passages

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李罕之引並人圍張全義於河陽，從周與丁會、張存敬、牛存節率兵赴援，大破並軍，殺蕃漢二萬人，解河陽之圍，以功表授檢校工部尚書。 He relieved Heyang from Li Hanzhi's Jin siege, killed twenty thousand, and became honorary Minister of Works.

其年十二月，與丁會諸將討魏州，連收十邑。 Month 12 he and Ding Hui took ten Wei districts.

十月，佐丁會攻宿州，從周壅水灌其城，刺史張筠以郡降。 Month 10 he flooded Suzhou and Zhang Yun surrendered.

五月，並人討李罕之於潞州，太祖以丁會代罕之，令從周馳入上黨。 Month 5 he galloped into Shangdang as Jin attacked Lu.

俄而朱瑾統大軍自至，歸霸與丁會逆擊之於金鄉，瑾大敗，擒賊將宗江等七十餘人，曹州以寧。 He and Ding Hui routed Zhu Jin at Jinxiang and captured seventy officers.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20 Book of Later Liang 20: Biographies 10: Xie Tong, Si Maye, Liu Han, Wang Jinrao, Gao Shao, Ma Sixun, Zhang Cunjin, Kou Yanqing · 1 passage

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光啟中，李罕之會晉軍圍張宗奭於盟津，太祖遣丁會、葛從周、存敬同往馳救。 In Guangqi, Li Hanzhi and the Jin besieged Zhang Zongshi at Mengjin; the Founder sent Ding Hui, Ge Congzhou, and Cunjin to relieve him.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 1 passage

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翌日，有騎馳報丁會以潞州叛，太祖令盡焚其槁而還，不克攻。 Next day a courier reported Ding Hui's rebellion at Lu; the Founder had the straw burned and marched back without attacking.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 13 passages

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丁會，字道隱，壽州壽春人也。 Ding Hui, styled Daoyin, came from Shouchun in Shou.

梁太祖鎮宣武，以為宣武都押衙。 When Zhu Wen held Xuanyi he made Hui its overall adjutant.

是時，梁軍在魏，乃遣會及葛從周等將萬人救之。 The Liang host was at Wei; they sent Hui with Ge Congzhou and ten thousand men to relieve it.

會等行至河陰，謀曰：「罕之料吾不敢渡九鼎，以吾兵少而來遠，且不虞吾之速至也。 At Heyin Hui and the others plotted: “Hanzhi thinks we will not cross the Jiuding—few men, a long march, and he will not expect us so soon.

大順元年，梁軍擊魏，會及葛從周破黎陽、臨河，遂敗羅弘信於內黃。 Dashun 1: Liang struck Wei. Hui and Ge Congzhou took Liyang and Linhe and at Neihuang beat Luo Hongxin.

梁軍攻時溥於徐州，遣會別攻宿州，刺史張筠閉城距守，會堰汴水浸其東，城壞，筠降。 Liang besieged Shi Pu at Xu and sent Hui against Su. Prefect Zhang Yun barred the gates. Hui dammed the Bian to flood the east wall; the wall gave way and Yun surrendered.

兗州朱瑾以兵萬餘擊單父，會及瑾戰於金鄉，大敗之。 Zhu Jin of Yan brought ten thousand men against Shanfu; Hui met him at Jinxiang and broke him.

會自河陽攻晉澤州，下之。 From Heyang Hui struck Jin’s Ze and took it.

乃以會為昭義軍留後，會畏梁太祖雄猜，常稱疾者累年。 He was made acting commissioner of Zhaoyi. Hui feared Zhu Wen’s suspicion and for years pleaded sickness.

昭宗遇弒，會與三軍縞素髮哀。 When Zhaozong was murdered, Hui and the host went into white hemp and loose hair for mourning.

梁軍攻燕滄州，燕王守光乞師於晉，晉人為攻潞州，會乃降晉。 Liang besieged Yan at Cangzhou; Shouguang begged Jin for help; Jin struck Luzhou in answer, and Hui went over to Jin.

晉王以會歸於太原，賜以甲第，位在諸將上。 The Prince of Jin brought him to Taiyuan, gave him a grand house, and set him above the other generals.

莊宗立，以會為都招討使。 When Zhuangzong rose he made Hui overall pacification commissioner.