Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Guo Ganhui 若干惠

Ruogan Hui

Died AD 547

Passages
20
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Guo Ganhui as an aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 20 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guo Ganhui 若干惠 Ruogan Hui
Title Duke of Changle 長樂郡公
Title Earl of Weichang 魏昌縣伯
Given Hui Hui
Courtesy name Huibao 惠保 Huibao
Personal name Ruogan Hui 若干惠 Ruogan Hui
Title Viscount of Beiping 北平縣男
Posthumous name Wulie 武烈 Wulie
Surname 若干 Ruogan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: illness · Place: in the army / 軍 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 547
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:017:s0193, zhoushu:017:s0192

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Shulizhou (樹利周)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Mother of Guo Ganhui
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Guo Feng (若干鳳)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Origins and identity

  • Statement: ancestors rose with the Wei and took the state name as surname
    Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0029

Career and standing

  • Label: general of the central guard / 中堅將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0031
  • Label: minister of works / 司空 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0188
  • Label: posthumous name Wulie / 諡武烈 · Action: granted
    Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0202
  • Title: Duke of Changle / 長樂郡公 · Action: advanced
    Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0041

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: famed for bold resolve yet followed filial duty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0155
  • Assessment: forthright, brave, towering build; skilled at winning men · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: held in high esteem; Yuwen Tai moved archery hall to his home · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 17Volume 17 Biographies 9: Liang Yu; Guo Ganhui; Yi Feng; Liu Liang; Wang De · 20 passages