Five Dynasties · Official

He Xian 和峴

Hé Xiàn

Attested AD 926 - AD 930

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify He Xian as a family member and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal He Xian 和峴 Hé Xiàn
Personal name He Xian 和峴 Hé Xiàn
Childhood name Sanmei 三美
Descriptive kinship second son of He Ning 次子峴
Given name Xian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天成中凝知貢舉時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 930
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0129

Family

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  • Child of He Ning (和凝)
    Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 2
    Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2
  • Sibling of He Jun (和峻)
    Kinship Term: younger brother relation / 次子 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 2

Career and standing

  • Label: Vice Director in the Bureau of Merit / 司勛員外郎 · Action: held

Source notes

  • From: Xian / 峴 · To: Sanmei / 三美 · Note: named Sanmei at birth omen

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 127Volume 127 Book of Later Zhou 29: Biographies 7: Lu Wenji, Ma Yisun, He Ning, Su Yugui, Jing Fan · 4 passages