Overview
He Zhi was an administrator.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Courtesy name |
Junsu |
君肃 |
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Life and dates
Death
- Age Value: 48 · Reckoning: Sui
Age
Attested activity
Career and standing
Administrator of Guanghan 廣漢太守
Appointed
Administrator of Wenshan 汶山太守
Appointed
Administrator of Qianwei 犍为太守
Transferred
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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 41Volume 41: Book of Shu 11: Biographies of Huo, Wang, Xiang, Zhang, Yang, and Fei · 17 passages
洪迎門下書佐何祗，有才策功干，舉郡吏，數年為廣漢太守，時洪亦尚在蜀郡。
Yang Hong had promoted his clerk He Zhi, a man of talent, to county service; within a few years He became governor of Guanghan while Yang Hong still governed Shu.
〈益部耆旧传杂记曰：每朝会，祗次洪坐。
〈The Yibu qijiu zhuan notes that at court He Zhi always sat below Yang Hong.
嘲祗曰：“君马何驶？”
Yang Hong teased him: "Why are your horses so fast?"
祗曰：“故吏马不敢驶，但明府未著鞭耳。”
He Zhi replied that a former subordinate’s horses would not outrun his patron’s—unless the governor had not yet raised his whip.
祗字君肃，少寒贫，为人宽厚通济，体甚壮大，又能饮食，好声色，不持节俭，故时人少贵之者。
He Zhi, styled Junsu, grew up in poverty. He was generous and easygoing, built like a wrestler, with a huge appetite and a taste for music and women; because he lived loosely, contemporaries thought little of him.
祗笑言“得此足矣”。
He Zhi laughed and said that would be enough for him.
时诸葛亮用法峻密，阴闻祗游戏放纵，不勤所职，尝奄往录狱。
Zhuge Liang’s justice was strict; hearing that He Zhi was carousing and neglecting duty, he once descended on the jail without warning to audit the dockets.
众人咸为祗惧。
Everyone feared for him.
祗密闻之，夜张灯火见囚，读诸解状。
He Zhi got wind of the visit, lit the prison lamps that night, interviewed the inmates, and studied every plea.
诸葛晨往，祗悉已闇诵，答对解释，无所凝滞，亮甚异之。
When Zhuge Liang arrived at dawn, He Zhi had memorized the files and answered every question without hesitation, which greatly impressed the chancellor.
出补成都令，时郫县令缺，以祗兼二县。
He was posted as magistrate of Chengdu and, with Pi county also vacant, was given both districts.
二县户口猥多，切近都治，饶诸奸秽，每比人，常眠睡，值其觉寤，辄得奸诈，众咸畏祗之发摘，或以为有术，无敢欺者。
Both counties were populous, close to the capital, and rife with crime. At hearings He Zhi often seemed to doze; when suspects woke to his questions he caught their lies. People thought him uncanny and no one dared cheat him.
使人投算，祗听其读而心计之，不差升合，其精如此。
When clerks read tallies aloud, he computed in his head without missing a measure—such was his precision.
汶山夷不安，以祗为汶山太守，民夷服信。
When the Wenshan tribes grew restless, He Zhi was made their governor and won the trust of Chinese and tribesmen alike.
时难屈祗，拔祗族人为，汶山复得安。
He Zhi could not be spared from his new post, so a kinsman of his clan was promoted in his stead and Wenshan grew calm again.
转祗为犍为。
He Zhi was then moved to Qianwei.
为督军从事，推法平当，稍迁，代祗为犍为太守，治有美绩，虽聪明不及祗，而文采过之也。〉
He served as aide on army affairs, applied the law evenhandedly, rose step by step, succeeded He Zhi as governor of Qianwei, and governed well—less brilliant than He Zhi but the finer writer.〉