Han Yun (韓惲) | 24 Histories

Overview

Han Yun was an official and Poet.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zizhong	子重	Zizhong

Life and dates

Death

AD 942 天福七年夏
At Longxing Temple 龍興寺 · Cause beriberi / foot qi 腳氣
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 189

Age

over sixty
AD 942 天福七年夏 · Quantity Text 六十餘
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 189

Attested activity

AD 894 to AD 898 乾寧中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passages 174, 179
AD 926 天成初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 182
AD 942 天福七年夏
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 189
AD 933 明宗晏駕
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 185
AD 934 清泰初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 186
AD 923 莊宗即位
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 181

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AD 936 高祖登極
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passages 187-188

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Han Shize (韓士則)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 176
Child of Han Jun (韓俊)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 175
Child of Han Kui (韓逵)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 177
Kin of Zhuangzong (莊宗)
kinsman by marriage of the former court 懿戚
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passages 179, 187
Child of Mother of Han Yun (韓惲母)
mother 內憂 · maternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 184
Sibling of Younger sister of Han Yun (韓惲妹)
younger sister 妹 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 179

Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 178

Career and standing

magistrate of Jiaocheng and Wenshui 交城、文水令
AD 894 to AD 898 乾寧中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 179
director of the Palace Library 秘書監
AD 926 天成初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 182
deputy commissioner for the imperial tomb 山陵副使
AD 933 明宗晏駕 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 185
acting Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 檢校尚書右僕射
AD 934 清泰初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 186
prefect of Jiang Prefecture 絳州刺史
AD 934 清泰初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 186
Right Regular Attendant 右散騎常侍
AD 923 莊宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 181

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guest of the heir apparent 太子賓客
AD 935 逾年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 186
prefect of Bei Prefecture 貝州刺史
AD 936 高祖登極 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 187
branch commissioner of Weizhou 魏州支使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 180
minister of revenue 戶部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 184
minister of war 兵部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 188
vice prefect of Taiyuan 太原少尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 179
minister of rites 禮部尚書
Promoted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 183
guest of the heir apparent 太子賓客
AD 936 高祖登極 · Reappointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 188
vice minister of revenue 尚書戶部侍郎
Transferred
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 181

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 187
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passages 179, 181
At Jinyang in Taiyuan 太原晉陽
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 174
AD 934 清泰初
At Jiang Prefecture 絳州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 186
At Jiaocheng 交城 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 179
At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Served at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 178

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At Weizhou 魏州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 180
At Wenshui 文水 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 179
At Ye 鄴 · Relation Died while court was at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 189

Learning and skills

Skill songs and poems 歌詩 · Level practiced
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 178

Events and relationships

Accompanied court
Travel · Attendant · At Luoyang 洛陽
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 181
Delayed taking post
AD 936 高祖登極 · Political · Appointee · At Bei Prefecture 貝州 · With Fan Yanguang (範延光)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 188
Mourned mother
Ritual · Mourner · With Mother of Han Yun (韓惲母)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 184
Relation Companion of scholars · Group scholars 儒士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 178

Assessments and attributes

Assessment careful and honest · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 183
suffered from foot qi (beriberi)
Illness
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 189
Item several thousand volumes of books 書數千卷 · Relation Collected
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 178

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 174

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 92Volume 92 Book of Later Jin 18: Biographies 7: Yao Yi, Lu Qi, Liang Wenju, Shi Gui, Pei Hao, Wu Chengfan, Lu Dao, Zheng Taoguang, Wang Quan, Han Yun, Li Yi · 10 passages

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韓惲，字子重，太原晉陽人。 Han Yun, courtesy name Zizhong, was a native of Jinyang in Taiyuan.

惲世仕太原，昆仲為軍職，惟惲親狎儒士，好為歌詩，聚書數千卷。 The Han family had served at Taiyuan for generations. His brothers held military posts, but Yun alone kept company with scholars, loved to write songs and poems, and collected several thousand books.

乾寧中，後唐莊宗納其妹為妃，初為嫡室，故莊宗深禮其家，而惲以文學署交城、文水令，入為太原少尹。 During the Qianning era Zhuangzong of Later Tang took Yun's younger sister as consort. She was at first his principal wife, so Zhuangzong treated the family with great respect. Yun was appointed by literary merit magistrate of Jiaocheng and Wenshui, then became vice prefect of Taiyuan.

莊宗平定趙、魏，為魏州支使。 When Zhuangzong pacified Zhao and Wei, Yun served as branch commissioner of Weizhou.

莊宗即位，授右散騎常侍，從駕至洛陽，轉尚書戶部侍郎。 When Zhuangzong came to the throne Yun was appointed Right Regular Attendant, accompanied the court to Luoyang, and was made vice minister of revenue in the Secretariat.

俄而馮道為丞相，與惲有同幕之舊，以惲性謹厚，尤左右之，尋遷禮部尚書。 Soon Feng Dao became chief minister. He and Yun had served on the same staff long before. Feng especially favored Yun for his careful and honest nature, and soon Yun was made minister of rites.

明宗晏駕，馮道為山陵使，引惲為副使。 When Mingzong died Feng Dao was commissioner for the imperial tomb and appointed Yun his deputy.

高祖登極，以惲先朝懿戚，深加禮遇，除授貝州刺史。 When Gaozu took the throne he treated Yun with special courtesy as a kinsman of the former court and appointed him prefect of Bei Prefecture.

時範延光有跋扈之狀，惲懼其見逼，遲留不敢赴任，高祖不悅，復授太子賓客，尋改兵部尚書。 Fan Yanguang was then acting insubordinately. Yun feared being caught in his power, lingered, and dared not take up the post. Gaozu was displeased, made him guest of the heir apparent again, and soon minister of war.

天福七年夏，車駕在鄴，惲病腳氣，卒於龍興寺，時年六十餘。 In the summer of the seventh Tianfu year the court was at Ye. Yun suffered from beriberi and died at Longxing Temple, aged over sixty.