Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Han Xiong 韓雄

Attested AD 535 - AD 568

Passages
29
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Han Xiong as an administrator, general, and official. This record brings together 29 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Han Xiong 韓雄 Han Xiong
Surname Han Han
Personal name Han Xiong 韓雄 Han Xiong
Courtesy name Mulan 木蘭 Mulan
Given Xiong Xiong
Changed name Yuwen 宇文 Yuwen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大統初 · Western Year: AD 535
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0087
  • Source Date: Text: 天和三年 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0128
  • Source Date: Text: 孝閔帝踐阼 · Western Year: AD 557
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0122

Family

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  • Descendant of Han Jing (韓景)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Sibling of Elder Brother of Han Xiong (韓雄兄)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
  • Child of Father of Han Xiong (韓雄父)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Han Qin (韓禽)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
  • Spouse of Wife of Han Xiong (韓雄妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active

Career and standing

  • Label: Governor of Zhong Province / 中州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 世宗二年 · Western Year: AD 558
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0123
  • Label: posthumous Great General / 贈大將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0129
  • Title: Duke of Xinyi Commandery / 新義郡公 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝閔帝踐阼 · Western Year: AD 557
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0122
  • Status: succeeded-by-son · Action: succession · Other Person Id: Han Qin (韓禽)
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0131

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: assassin · Action: ambushed and beheaded Guo Shulue · Other Person Id: Guo Shulue (郭叔略)
  • Kind: military · Role: participant · Action: fought forty-five battles on the frontier
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0126
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: raised troops west of Luo · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統初 · Western Year: AD 535
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0087

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: excelled at strong-bow archery; weaker than Chen Xin at winning troops by largesse · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

Source notes

  • Statement: Elder brother, wife, and children were captured together; children unnamed and uncounted (妻子). · Field: captured-family
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0092
  • To: Yuwen / 宇文 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝閔帝踐阼 · Western Year: AD 557
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0122

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 35: Li Yansun; Wei You; Han Xiong; Chen Xin; Wei Xuan · 29 passages