He Ruobi 賀若弼

Other names

Family

• Spouse of Younger sister of Chen Shubao (陳叔寶妹)
  concubine 妾
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 175
• Sibling of He Long (賀若隆)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 177
• Child of He Dun (賀若敦)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 125
• Parent of He Huailiang (賀若懷亮)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 207
• Spouse of Wife of He Ruobi (賀若弼妻)
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 206
• Sibling of He Dong (賀若東)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 177

• wife and children enslaved 妻子
  Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 206
• kinsmen exiled 群從
  Kinship Role clansmen · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 206

Career and standing

• Campaign Commander 行軍總管
  AD 589 開皇九年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 147
• Area Commander of Wuzhou 吳州總管
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 143
• General of the Right Army of the Guard 右領軍大將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 176
• Inspector of Shouzhou 夀州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 138
• Junior Inner Scribe 小內史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 131
• secretariat secretary 記室
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 130

Places and affiliations

• Northern Zhou 周
  Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 130
• Sui 隋
  Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 187; Book of Sui 52, passage 143
• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 224
• At Luoyang in Henan 河南洛陽
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 124

Learning and skills

• Skill literary composition 屬文 · Level able
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 129
• Skill bow and horse 弓馬 · Level expert
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 129

Works and attributed material

• pentasyllabic poem at Renshou Palace 五言詩
  AD 599 開皇十九年 · Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 187
• poem to Yuan Xiong 遺源雄詩
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 145
• ten stratagems for taking Chen 取陳十策
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 146
• Oath · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passages 148-150
• Poem · Author · With Yuan Xiong (源雄)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 145
• Speech · Speaker · With Yang Guang (楊廣)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passages 196-198, 200

Events and relationships

• Advanced and burned
  AD 589 禎明三年 · Military · Commander · At North Wing Gate of the palace city 宮城北掖門
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 187
• Came to attack
  AD 589 禎明三年 · Military · Commander · Other Sui armies attacking Chen 隋軍來伐
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 224
• Crossed river to
  AD 589 禎明三年 · Military · Commander · At Jiankang 建業 · From Source Date: Text: 禎明三年 · Western Year: AD 589
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 224
• Crossed Yangzi and took Southern Xuzhou
  AD 589 開皇九年 · Military · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passages 156-157
• Hit target on first shot
  Archery · Archer
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passages 191, 193
• Northern tour to Yulin
  AD 607 大業三年 · Travel · Companion
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 203

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment bold strategist who later ruined himself by boasting and loose talk · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passages 218, 220
• Item precious sword 寶刀 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 146

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 15, passage 12
• Value historical
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 187