Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

He Chen 賀琛

Hè Chēn

Died AD 549

Passages
33
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify He Chen as a courtier, official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 33 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal He Chen 賀琛 Hè Chēn
Given Chen 琛 Chēn
Given Chen 琛 Chen
Nickname Elegant He 賀雅 Hè Yǎ
Courtesy Guobao 國寶 Guóbǎo
Surname He 賀 Hè
Surname He 賀 He
Personal He Chen 賀琛 He Chen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Courtier
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Statesman
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: illness · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後遇疾卒 · Western Interval: Start: AD 549 · End: c. AD 560
    Uncertain · liangshu:038:s0343

Age

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kinship Role: wife and children · Quantity: count unspecified
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0144

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: Chief Clerk to the Prince of Xuancheng, Commander of the Central Army / 中軍宣城王長史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 548
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0337
  • Label: General of the Cloud Cavalry / 雲騎將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 548
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0337
  • Label: Minister of the Grand Treasury / 太府卿 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 久之 · Western Year: AD 548
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0336, liangshu:038:s0337
  • Label: Household Counsellor with Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon / 金紫光祿大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年冬 · Western Year: AD 549
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0342
  • Office: Libationer and Clerk / 祭酒從事史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 526
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0084
  • Office: Gentleman of the Prince's Kingdom / 王國侍郎 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0086
  • Office: Recorder to the Western Expedition Prince of Poyang / 征西鄱陽王中錄事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0088
  • Office: Regular-attendance Adviser of the Discretionary Cavalry / 通直散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0133
  • Office: Erudite of the National University / 國子博士 · Action: concurrently-appointed but did not assume
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0133
  • Office: Left Assistant Director of the Secretariat / 尚書左丞 · Action: concurrently-appointed then confirmed
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0088
  • Office: Erudite of the Imperial Academy / 太學博士 · Action: concurrently-appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0086
  • Office: Left Assistant Director / 左丞 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同六年 · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 540
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0358
  • Label: Palace Attendant / 散騎常侍 · Action: held
    Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0080
  • Office: Army Aide in the Central Guard / 中衛參軍事 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0086
  • Office: Attendant Gentleman of the Yellow Gates / 給事黃門侍郎 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0133
  • Office: Censor-in-Chief / 御史中丞 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0131
  • Office: Direct Attendant with Regular Rank / 通直正員郎 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0087
  • Office: Regular Attendant of the Discretionary Cavalry / 散騎常侍 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0137
  • Office: Secretariat Attendant / 尚書通事舍人 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0086
  • Office: Supernumerary Regular Attendant of the Discretionary Cavalry / 員外散騎常侍 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0128
  • Office: Left Assistant Director of the Secretariat / 尚書左丞 · Action: restored
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0133
  • Honor: first southern-seated Secretariat minister to wear sable insignia / 貂自琛始 · Action: received
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0129, liangshu:038:s0130
  • Status: captivity · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年冬 · Western Year: AD 549
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0342
  • Action: dismissed from office after impeachment · Reason: purchased a former imperial mansion
    Explicit · liangshu:038:s0132

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 38Volume 38: Zhu Yi; He Chen · 27 passages
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Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 159Volume 159 Liang Records 15 · 6 passages
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