Han Yu (韓愈) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Han Yu as an official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Han Yu	韓愈	Hán Yù
Personal name	Han Yu	韓愈	Hán Yù
Personal	Han Yu	韓愈	Han Yu
Posthumous name	Master Wengong	文公
Title	Tang Han Yu	唐韓愈

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:127:s0055, mingshi:298:s0002
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:483:s0120

Roles

Official
Scholar
Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 唐代 · Western Year: AD 800
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:468:s0094
Source Date: Text: 文公 · Western Interval: Start: AD 768 · End: AD 824
Explicit · qingshigao:483:s0120
Source Date: Text: 晉受命後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 936 · End: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0055
Source Date: Text: 韓愈言 · Western Interval: Start: AD 768 · End: AD 824
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:298:s0002

Works and attributed material

Work: Tang Han Yu shrine at the Academy / 監署唐韓愈祠 · Relation: enshrined-figure
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0094
Kind: quotation · Role: author
Explicit · mingshi:298:s0002

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0055

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 127Volume 127 Book of Later Zhou 29: Biographies 7: Lu Wenji, Ma Yisun, He Ning, Su Yugui, Jing Fan · 2 passages

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裔孫好名，慕韓愈之為人，尤不重佛。 Yisun loved fame, admired Han Yu, and especially despised Buddhism.

或嘲之曰：「公生平以傅奕、韓愈為高識，何前倨而後恭，是佛佞公耶？ Some teased him: "You held Fu Yi and Han Yu as models—why proud before and humble after? Is the Buddha fawning on you?

History of Ming, Chapter 298Volume 298 Biographies 186: Recluses · 1 passage

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韓愈言：「《蹇》之六二曰『王臣蹇蹇』，而《蠱》之上九曰『高尚其事』，由所居之時不一，而所蹈之德不同。」 Han Yu wrote: "The second line of the Hexagram Jian reads, 'The king's ministers are in distress,' while the top line of Gu reads, 'Noble in his deeds'—for the age each man lived in was not the same, and the virtue each man embodied was not the same."

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 468Volume 468 Biographies 255: Chong Qi Son: Bao Chu Deng, Zhi Jun, Yan Mao Younger Brother: Yan Zhi, Se Pu Zheng E, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, Zong Shibaofeng, Zong Shishoufu Younger Brother: Shou Fandeng, Song Chengxiang, Wang Tieshan · 1 passage

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越三年，杜松等以兩祭酒大節昭著，籥請隆報饗，得旨，附祀監署唐韓愈祠。 Three years later, Dusong and others petitioned that the two chancellors' exemplary integrity deserved elevated honors; the court approved, and they were granted ancillary worship at the Tang Han Yu shrine in the Academy precinct.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 483Volume 483 Biographies 270: Confucian Scholars 4: Kong Yinzhi Son: Xing Xie, Yu Qi Son: Chuan Duo, Guang Qi Son: Zhao Huan, Sun :Xianpei, Zeng Sun : Qing Rong, Zeng Sun : Fan Hao, Xuan Sun : Xiang Ke, Lai Sun : Ling Yi · 1 passage

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又增設咸陽姬氏文王后，曲阜東野氏周公後，濟寧閔氏子騫後，濬縣端木氏子貢後，常熟言氏子遊後，鉅野卜氏子夏后，蕭縣顓孫氏子張後，菏澤、肥城兩冉氏伯牛、仲弓後，肥城有氏有子後，鄒平伏氏伏生後，孟縣韓氏文公後，郿縣張氏明公後，各一人。 It further added one post each for the Ji of Xianyang, heirs of King Wen; the Dongye of Qufu, heirs of the Duke of Zhou; the Min of Jining, heirs of Ziqian; the Duanmu of Junxian, heirs of Zigong; the Yan of Changshu, heirs of Ziyou; the Bu of Juye, heirs of Zixia; the Zhuansun of Xiaoxian, heirs of Zizhang; the two Ran lines of Heze and Feicheng, heirs of Boniu and Zhonggong; the You of Feicheng, heirs of Youzi; the Fu of Zouping, heirs of Fusheng; the Han of Mengxian, heirs of Master Wengong; and the Zhang of Meixian, heirs of Master Ming.