Helian Bobo 赫連勃勃

Family

• Descendant of August ancestor of Helian Bobo (皇祖)
  august ancestor 皇祖 · Claimed parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 117
• Descendant of Yu the Great (大禹)
  descendant 後 · Claimed parentage · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 89, 93
• Parent of Helian Man (赫連滿)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Parent of Helian Gui (赫連璝)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Parent of Helian Ding (赫連定)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Parent of Helian Yan (赫連延)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Parent of Helian Chang (赫連昌)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Parent of Helian An (赫連安)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Parent of Helian Lun (赫連倫)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Spouse of Lady Liang (梁氏)
  wife 妻 · Primary marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123

• Kinship Role sons · Count 7
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 123
• Kinship Role clan descendants · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 122

Origins and identity

• claimed descent from Yu the Great; house long in You and Shuofang
  Claimed Ancestor Person Id Yu the Great (大禹)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 89

Places and affiliations

• Polity Xia 大夏 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 97-98, 121
• AD 413 改元為鳳翔
  At Tongwan 統萬 · Relation Founded capital
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 97-98
• At You and Shuofang 幽、朔 · Relation Ancestral lands · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Helian Bobo (赫連勃勃)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 89

Works and attributed material

• Diplomatic letter · Author · With Juqu Mengxun (沮渠蒙遜) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 125-132
• Edict · Author · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 117-122
• Speech · Speaker · With Wang Maide (王買德) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 89-93, 115-116
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 98

Events and relationships

• Accepted surrender of Dang Zhilong
  AD 411 其年 · Military · Commander · With Dang Zhilong (党智隆) · At Dongxiang 東鄉
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passage 87
• Amnestied his territory and changed era name to Fengxiang
  AD 413 改元為鳳翔 · Ritual · Ruler
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 97
• Attacked Anding and defeated Yang Fusong
  AD 411 其年 · Military · Commander · With Yang Fusong (楊佛嵩) · At north plain of Qing Shi 青石北原 · Outcome Accepted surrender of 45,000 men and 20,000 horses
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passage 86
• Debated attacking Qifu Chipan
  AD 412 新遭大喪 · Military · Deliberator · With Qifu Chipan (乞伏熾磐)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passage 111
• Took Xingcheng in twenty days, captured Yao officers, buried 20,000 alive
  AD 413 鳳翔 · Military · Commander · With Yao Kui (姚逵) · At Xingcheng 杏城
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passage 124
• AD 415 遣其御史中丞烏洛孤盟于沮渠蒙遜
  Relation Ally of · Person Juqu Mengxun (沮渠蒙遜)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passages 125, 133

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment took Ali's cruelty for loyalty · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 100
• Assessment warlike genius outshines Han emperors and design surpasses Wei founders · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Maide (王買德)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 94

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 86
• AD 413 其年
  From Liu 劉 · To Helian 赫連氏
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 130, passages 120-121