Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Courtier

He Hongzhen 何洪珍

Hé Hóngzhēn

Attested AD 572

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

He Hongzhen was a Courtier.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 572 武平三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 17, passage 158

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 17Volume 17 Biographies 9: Hulü Jin; Hulü Guang; Hulü Xian · 5 passages

祖珽又見帝請間，唯何洪珍在側。 Zu Ting again saw the emperor and asked for a private audience; only He Hongzhen was at his side.

珽未對，洪珍進曰：「若本無意則可，既有此意而不決行，萬一泄露如何？」 Before Ting could answer, Hongzhen stepped forward and said, "If there had never been such intent, that would be one thing; but once such intent exists and is not decisively carried out, what if it leaks?"

帝曰：「洪珍言是也。」 The emperor said, "Hongzhen speaks rightly."

啟云「軍逼帝京」，會帝前所疑意，謂何洪珍云：「人心亦大聖，我前疑其欲反，果然。」 The memorial's words "the army pressing the imperial capital" matched the emperor's earlier suspicions. He said to He Hongzhen, "Heaven's mind is also a great sage — I earlier suspected he wished to rebel, and so it proves."

帝性至怯懦，恐即變發，令洪珍馳召祖珽告之。 The emperor was by nature extremely timid. Fearing an immediate outbreak, he ordered Hongzhen to gallop and summon Zu Ting to tell him.