Overview
The translated histories identify He Shikai as an administrator, aristocrat, courtier, and official. This record brings together 73 passages from 10 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | He Shikai | 和士開 | He Shikai |
| Surname | He | 和 | Hé |
| Personal name | He Shikai | 和士開 | He Shikai |
| Personal | He Shikai | 和士開 | |
| Personal | He Shikai | 和士開 | Hé Shìkāi |
| Personal name | He Shikai | 和士開 | Hé Shìkāi |
| Title | Prince of Huaiyang | 淮陽王 | Huáiyáng wáng |
| Given | Shikai | 士開 | Shìkāi |
| Given | Shikai | 士開 | |
| Courtesy name | Yantong | 彥通 | Yàntōng |
| Given | 士開 | Shikai |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- Courtier
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: beheaded / 斬之 · Age: Value: 48 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年七月二十五日 · Western Year: AD 571Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0099, beiqishu:050:s0096
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 士開死 · Western Interval: Start: AD 570 · End: AD 571Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0094
- Manner: strangled · Place: inner secretariat / 內省Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0052
Age
- Age: 48 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0099
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: after Wucheng death · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 568Strongly inferred · beiqishu:009:s0101
- Source Date: Text: 世祖崩 · Western Year: AD 568Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0072, beiqishu:048:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 世祖朝至被殺 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 573Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:040:s0010, beiqishu:040:s0052
- Source Date: Text: 其年七月二十五日 · Western Year: AD 571Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:050:s0096, beiqishu:050:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 和士開亦重其名 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 577Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 和士開以佞幸 · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 571Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:026:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 和士開同被任遇 · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 571Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 大寧二年 · Western Year: AD 562Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:009:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 天保初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:050:s0033
- Source Date: Text: 天統四年 · Western Year: AD 568Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:033:s0136
- Source Date: Text: 武平元年 · Western Year: AD 570Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 武成 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 568Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:049:s0135
- Source Date: Text: 河清二年 · Western Year: AD 563Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0085
Family
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- Child of He An (和安)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son - Child of Lu Lingxuan (陸令萱)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Child of Lady Liu (劉氏)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Parent of He Daosheng (和道盛)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father - Sibling of He Shixiu (和士休)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother - Sibling of He Xiu (和休)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
- Kinship Role: younger brothers · Count: 4Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0043
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity: Western Regions merchant Hu ancestry / 西域商胡Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0027
- Label: originally surname Suhe / 本姓素和氏Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0027
Career and standing
- Label: Attendant-in-Ordinary / 侍中 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0041
- Label: Capital Region Personnel Adjutant / 京畿士曹參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0040
- Label: Chief Recorder / 錄尚書事 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0091
- Label: Director of the Department of State Affairs / 尚書令 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0091
- Label: Inspector of Qi Province / 齊州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:048:s0077
- Label: Inspector of Yan Province / 兗州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0074
- Label: Right Vice Director / 右僕射 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0045
- Label: traveling adjutant of Prince of Changguang / 長廣王府行參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0033
- Label: Grand Prefect / 開府 · Action: grantedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0041
- Title: Prince of Huaiyang / 淮陽王 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0091
- Status: exile · Action: entered · Place: Great Wall / 長城Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0039
- Status: slandered-another · Action: slandered Yuanhai, leading to his beating · Other Person Id: Gao Yuanhai (高元海)Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0085
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Northern Qi / 北齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0026
- Place: Linzhang in Qingdu / 清都臨漳Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0026
Learning and skills
- Institution: Imperial Academy / 國子學 · Relation: student-ofExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0032
- Skill: barbarian pipa / 胡琵琶 · Level: ableExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0035
- Skill: polo (握槊) / 握槊 · Level: skilledExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0034
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · beiqishu:038:s0091
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: victim · Action: assassinated · Other Person Id: Prince of Langye Yan (瑯邪王儼)Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0094, beiqishu:050:s0099
- Kind: political · Role: target · Action: assassination plot by ChangrenExplicit · beiqishu:048:s0078
- Kind: political · Role: opponent · Action: had Xiaoyu and others posted awayExplicit · beiqishu:048:s0072
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: had-Prince-Rui-killed · Other Person Id: Prince Rui of Zhaojun (趙郡王叡)Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0088
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: kept mourning secret three daysExplicit · beiqishu:040:s0036
- Kind: political · Role: member · Action: one of the Eight NoblesExplicit · beiqishu:048:s0084
- Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted to kill Prince Rui · Other Person Id: Prince Rui of Zhaojun (趙郡王叡)Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0101
- Kind: political · Role: demander · Action: sought Ping Jian's concubine Lady Liu · Other Person Id: Lady Liu (劉氏) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 和士開以佞幸 · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 571Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:026:s0091
- Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0181
- Relation: adulterer-with · Person Id: Empress Hu of Wucheng (胡氏)Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0104
- Relation: favorite-of · Person Id: Prince Zhan of Changguang (長廣王湛)Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0104
- Relation: lover-of · Person Id: Empress Dowager Hu (胡太后)Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0092
- Relation: favorite-of · Person Id: Shizu (世祖)Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0033, beiqishu:050:s0041
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: vulgar, ignorant, lived by flattery · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beiqishu:050:s0103
References in the histories
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