Helian Bobo 赫連勃勃

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Qubei (去卑)
  ancestor 之後
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 2
• Sibling of Youdidai (右地代)
  eldest brother 長兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 32
• Child of Wei Chen (衛辰)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
• Spouse of Daughter of Moyiyu (沒奕于之女)
  gave in marriage 妻 · Marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 17
• Sibling of Lishiti (力俟提)
  second brother 次兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 32
• Sibling of Aliluoyin (阿利羅引)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 32

Origins and identity

• Xiongnu 匈奴
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 2, 31
• same clan as Liu Yuanhai 劉元海之族也
  Person Liu Yuanhai (劉元海)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 2
• descendant of the Xiongnu Right Worthy King Qubei 匈奴右賢王去卑之後
  Person Qubei (去卑)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 2
• claimed descent from the Xiongnu and the house of Xia 自以匈奴夏後氏之苗裔也
  Mode self-report Source Person Id Helian Bobo (赫連勃勃)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 31

Career and standing

• Bearer of the Staff 持節
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 28
• Chariot Commandant 奉車都尉
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 19
• General of Valiant Cavalry 驍騎將軍
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 19
• General Who Pacifies the Distant 安遠將軍
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Appointed · Negated true
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 23, 27
• General Who Pacifies the North 安北將軍
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 28
• Duke of Wuyuan 五原公
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 28

Places and affiliations

• AD 407 義熙三年
  Polity Great Xia 大夏 · Relation Founded
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 31
• AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之
  Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 19, 28
• AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之
  At Shuofang 朔方 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 28

Events and relationships

• Assigned households
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Military · Commander · Quantity more than twenty thousand households 二萬餘落
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 28
• Detained
  AD 407 義熙三年 · Military · Detainee of tribute · With Du Lun (杜崘) · At Dacheng 大城
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passages 29-30
• Fled
  AD 391 後魏師伐之 · Flight · Fugitive · At Chigan tribe 叱幹部
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 10
• Killed and absorbed forces
  AD 407 義熙三年 · Military · Attacker · With Moyiyu (沒奕于) · At Gaoping River 高平川
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passages 29-30
• Ordered to aid garrison
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Military · Intended aide · With Moyiyu (沒奕于) · At Gaoping 高平 · Negated true
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 23, 27
• Participated in great state councils
  AD 394 to AD 407 興見而奇之 · Court · Councillor
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 19

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment disrespectful to superiors, cruel to followers, greedy, violent, faithless, and fickle; excessive favor would make him a frontier calamity · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Yao Yong (姚邕)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 26
• Assessment favored beyond meritorious veterans · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 19
• Assessment has the talent to set the age aright · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Yao Xing (姚興)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 22
• Assessment quick-witted, eloquent, and of striking bearing · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 18
• Assessment ruthless by nature and not to be trusted · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Yao Yong (姚邕)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 20
• stood eight chi five cun tall, waist ten wei around 身長八尺五寸，腰帶十圍
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 18

Source notes

• Value historical
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 2