Han Quanhui (韓全誨)

Overview

Han Quanhui was an eunuch.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 903 昭宗誅韓全誨等
Authority Emperor Zhaozong (昭宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 295

Attested activity

AD 901 冬十月，宦者韓全誨劫昭宗幸鳳翔
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 165
AD 901 天復元年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 14
AD 901 天復元年十一月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passages 23, 157
AD 901 天復初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 71
AD 901 昭宗反正
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 195
AD 901 昭宗幸鳳翔時
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 208

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AD 903 to AD 904 昭宗自岐還長安
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 59
AD 903 昭宗自鳳翔還京
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 36
AD 903 昭宗誅韓全誨等
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 295
AD 901 to AD 903 至鳳翔
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passages 210, 213

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Career and standing

eunuch 宦官
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 23
inner attendant 內官
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 14
Palace Commandant 中尉
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 208

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 23; Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 36; New Book of Tang 183, passage 195
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 295
Organization inner service / eunuchs 閹寺 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 36

Events and relationships

Forced emperor to Fengxiang
AD 901 天復元年十一月 · Political · Coercer · With Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (唐昭宗) · At Fengxiang 鳳翔
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 23
Forced emperor west
AD 901 天復元年十一月 · Political · Coercer
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 157
Forged an edict calling troops
AD 901 天復元年 · Political · Co forger · With Li Maozhen (李茂貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 14
Seized emperor and forced west
AD 901 to AD 903 至鳳翔 · Political · Abductor · With Emperor Zhaozong (昭宗)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 213
Seized emperor
AD 901 天復初 · Political · Captor · With Tang Emperor (天子) · At Fengxiang 鳳翔
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 71
Sent forged edicts via eunuchs
Political · Forger · With Xi Wenyan (郤文晏)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 208

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Took Zhaozong to Fengxiang
AD 901 冬十月，宦者韓全誨劫昭宗幸鳳翔 · Political · Abductor · With Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (唐昭宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 165
Zhu Quanzhong summoned to attack him
AD 901 to AD 903 至鳳翔 · Military · Target · With Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 210
Relation Patron of · Person Li Jizhao (李繼昭)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 195

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 295; New Book of Tang 183, passage 195; New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 165

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 15Volume 15 Book of Later Liang 15: Biographies 5: Han Jian, Li Hanzhi, Feng Xingxi, Sun Dezhao, Zhao Keyu, Zhang Shensi · 3 passages

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天復元年十一月，宦官韓全誨迫天子幸鳳翔，建亦預其謀。 Tianfu 1, month 11, Han Quanhui seized the emperor for Fengxiang; Jian helped.

中尉韓全誨遣中官郤文晏等二十餘人分命矯詔，欲征江、淮兵屯於金州，以脅太祖之軍，行襲定策盡殺之，收其詔敕送於太祖。 Han Quanhui sent Xi Wenyan and twenty eunuchs with forged orders to raise Jiang-Huai troops at Jin and threaten the Founder; Xingxi killed them and sent the edicts to the Founder.

其年十一月，閹宦韓全誨縱火脅昭宗西幸鳳翔，承誨、從實並變節，為中官所誘，始欲驅擁百僚，將圖出令。 Month 11 Han Quanhui took the emperor to Fengxiang; Chenghui and Congshi turned traitor with the eunuchs.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18 Book of Later Liang 18: Biographies 8: Zhang Wenyu, Xue Yiju, Zhang Ce, Du Xiao, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen · 1 passage

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及昭宗自鳳翔還京，大翦閹寺，貽矩尚為韓全誨等作畫讚，悉記於內侍省屋壁間，坐是謫官。 When Zhaozong returned from Fengxiang and purged the eunuchs, Yiju was found to have painted laudatory portraits for Han Quanhui and others on the inner-service walls and was demoted.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Book of Later Liang 23: Biographies 13: Liu Xun, He Gui, Kang Huaiying, Wang Jingren · 1 passage

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李茂貞與內官韓全誨矯詔征天下兵入援，師範覽詔，慷慨泣下，遣心腹乘虛襲取太祖管內州郡。 Li Maozhen and eunuch Han Quanhui forged an edict calling up armies everywhere; Shifan wept when he read it and sent trusted agents to raid the Founder's holdings.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 1 passage

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天復初，李茂貞、韓全誨劫遷車駕在鳳翔，梁祖攻圍歷年。 Early in the Tianfu reign Li Maozhen and Han Quanhui seized the emperor and held him at Fengxiang. The Liang founder besieged them for years.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 178Volume 178 Biographies 103: Liu Fen · 1 passage

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及昭宗誅韓全誨等，左拾遺羅袞上言：「蕡當太和時，宦官始熾，因直言策請奪爵土，復掃除之役，遂罹譴逐，身死異土，六十餘年，正人義夫切齒飲泣。 When Emperor Zhaozong executed Han Quanhui and others, Left Reminder Luo Gun submitted words: "In the Taihe era, when eunuchs were just growing fierce, Fen in his straightforward examination answers asked to strip them of noble ranks and fiefs and restore the task of sweeping them away — thereby he suffered reprimand and exile and died in a foreign land; for more than sixty years upright men and men of righteousness gnashed their teeth and wept.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 4 passages

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初，李繼昭等以功皆進同中書門下平章事，時謂「三使相」，後稍稍更附韓全誨、周敬容，皆忌胤。 At first Li Jizhao and the others were all promoted to Co-Director of the Secretariat-Chancellery for their merits, and the age called them the "Three Commissioner-Chancellors." Later they gradually attached themselves to Han Quanhui and Zhou Jingrong, and all came to resent Cui Yin.

及胤召朱全忠討全誨，汴兵將至，偓勸胤督茂貞還衛卒。 When Yin summoned Zhu Quanzhong to attack Quanhui and the Bian armies were about to arrive, Wo urged Yin to press Maozhen to withdraw his guard troops.

又勸表暴內臣罪，因誅全誨等； He also urged that a memorial be submitted exposing the crimes of the inner attendants so that Quanhui and the others might be executed;

未及用，而全誨等已劫帝西幸。 Before these plans could be carried out, Quanhui and the others had already seized the emperor and forced him west on campaign.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 1 passage

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昭宗自岐還長安，大誅宦者，貽矩時為中尉韓全誨等作畫像贊，坐左遷。 When Zhaozong returned from Qi to Chang’an and slaughtered eunuchs, Yiju had written eulogies for Han Quanhui and others and was demoted.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Miscellaneous Biographies 23: Shi Shucong, Li Yanwei, Li Zhen, Pei Di, Wei Zhen, Kong Xun, Sun Dezhao, Wang Jingrao, Jiang Yin · 1 passage

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冬十月，宦者韓全誨劫昭宗幸鳳翔，承誨、從實皆從，而德昭獨與梁，乃率兵衞胤及百官保東街，趣梁兵以西，梁太祖頗德其附己，以龍鳳劍、鬬鷄紗遺之。 In the tenth winter month eunuch Han Quanhui abducted Zhaozong to Fengxiang. Chenghui and Congshi went along, but Dezhao alone backed Liang. He marched to shield Cui Yin and the officials on East Street and pushed Liang's army west. Zhu Wen rewarded his loyalty with the dragon-phoenix sword and fighting-cock gauze.