Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Helian Ding 赫連定

Hèlián Dìng

Attested AD 428 - AD 432

Passages
4
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Helian Ding as a family member, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Helian Ding 赫連定 Hèlián Dìng
Personal name Ding
Personal Ding Ding
Surname Helian 赫連 Helian
Descriptive kinship Helian Chang's younger brother 昌弟
Personal name Helian Ding 赫連定 Hèlián Dìng
Personal

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 昌弟定 · Western Interval: Start: AD 428 · End: AD 431
    Explicit · weishu:030:s0074
  • Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 430 · End: AD 432
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:096:s0079
  • Source Date: Text: 神䴥元年二月 · Western Year: AD 428
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:111:s0029, weishu:111:s0028

Family

  • Sibling of Helian Chang (赫連昌)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 56: Xianbei and Tuyuhun Peoples · 2 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 111Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 · 1 passage